Lake Nisramont (French: lac de Nisramont) is located in Wallonia in the south-east of Belgium on the river Ourthe in the municipality of La Roche-en-Ardenne, province of Luxembourg.

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Lake Nisramont
Dam of Nisramont
Lake Nisramont
Coordinates	50.1445°N 5.6685°E / 50.1445; 5.6685
Type	Freshwater artificial lake
Basin countries	Wallonia, Belgium
Max. length	4 km (2.5 mi)
Max. width	0.1 km (0.062 mi)
Surface area	0.47 km2 (0.18 sq mi)
Water volume	3×10^6 m3 (2,400 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation	285 m (935 ft)
Islands	0
Settlements	La Roche-en-Ardenne

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It is named after Nisramont, a village near the lake. The dam has a length of 116 m and is 16 m high. The volume of water is 3,000,000 m³ and the area of the lake is 0.47 km². The dam has fish ladders and a hydro-electric power station. The dam was erected at the point where the Western Ourthe (Ourthe Occidentale) and Eastern Ourthe (Ourthe Orientale) merge to form the Ourthe. The lake is a tourist attraction, with water sports, including canoeing and fishing.

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