Lake Venerocolo
 | The topic of this article may not meet Wikitia's general notability guideline. |
The Lake Venerocolo is an artificial lake located in ,[1] a lateral valley of Val Camonica, in the Province of Brescia.
Overview
The lake is situated at 2,540 meters altitude at the foot of the north face of the Adamello.[2][3] Built for hydroelectric purposes, it is supported by a buttress dam made of concrete, constructed in 1959. The dam is 27 meters high, 380 meters long at the crest, and has a volume of 42,000 cubic meters.[4][5]
The reservoir, at full capacity, covers just under 20 ha and can hold up to 2.5 million cubic meters of water, mostly from spring snowmelt.[5][3]
Lake Venerocolo represents the culminating reservoir of a hydroelectric system, consisting, in addition to itself, of the , Lake Benedetto, and.[3][6] All these reservoirs are interconnected and supply the hydroelectric power plant in Edolo.[3] However, the water from Lake Venerocolo and Lake Pantano, which are the two reservoirs located at the highest altitude, also feeds a small power plant located on the shores of Lake Benedetto.[3][7]
Access
Lake Venerocolo can only be reached on foot via trails, as the cableway that reaches it from Dosso Lavedole is exclusively for the use of dam maintenance personnel. The trail route carries the trail marker number 11 of the Italian Alpine Club, Val Camonica section. Trail number 1, better known as the , stops at the , located on the northern shore of the lake.[8][9]
References
- ↑ "I grandi laghi artificiali bresciani: 5 itinerari per riscoprirli". Giornale di Brescia (in italiano). 2023-08-19. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ↑ Redazione, La (2019-05-20). "La Vedretta del Venerocolo, ghiacci sull'Adamello". Trekking.it (in italiano). Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Bocchiola, D.; Mihalcea, C.; Diolaiuti, G.; Mosconi, B.; Smiraglia, C.; Rosso, R. (2010-10-01). "Flow prediction in high altitude ungauged catchments: A case study in the Italian Alps (Pantano Basin, Adamello Group)". Advances in Water Resources. Special Issue on Novel Insights in Hydrological Modelling. 33 (10): 1224–1234. doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.06.009. ISSN 0309-1708.
- ↑ "Scheda tecnica sulla diga e sull'invaso" [Technical Data Sheet on the Dam and Reservoir]. www.ors.regione.lombardia.it (in italiano). Archived from the original on 25 December 2008.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Trebeschi, Antonio; Guzzetti, Franco; Vassena, Giorgio; Vavassori, Francesco (2005). "Adamello: La variazione di quota della vetta in due secoli di misurazioni" [Adamello: Changes in the altitude of the summit over two centuries of measurements] (PDF). Atti della 9ª conferenza nazionale Asita: 1975–1980.
- ↑ Turconi, Laura; Luino, Fabio; Roccati, Anna; Zaina, Gilberto; Bono, Barbara (2025-10-11). "Large Dam Flood Risk Scenario: A Multidisciplinary Approach Analysis for Reduction in Damage Effects". GeoHazards. 6 (4): 65. ISSN 2624-795X.
- ↑ "Notizie sui laghi della Val d'Avio" [Information on the Lakes of Val d'Avio] (in italiano).
- ↑ "Rifugio Garibaldi". Rifugi di Lombardia (in italiano). 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
- ↑ Dezuanni, Paolo (2023-07-17). Alpine glaciers retreat and high-altitude mountain huts: a water supply risk analysis (laurea thesis). Politecnico di Torino.
External links
This article "Lake Venerocolo" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical. Articles taken from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be accessed on Wikipedia's Draft Namespace.