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Ambialet Isthmus and Ambialet Hydroelectric Power Plant

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Ambialet Isthmus and Ambialet Hydroelectric Power Plant

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Ambialet Isthmus and Ambialet Hydroelectric Power Plant

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    Location: Ambialet, Albi, Occitania, France

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    April 12, 2023

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    If the peninsulas formed by meanders are relatively common, here the isthmus which prevents the Tarn from shooting straight is only about ten meters wide, which makes it the narrowest and most spectacular of Europe. It is a safe bet that in a few millennia, erosion will eventually lead the Tarn to cross it and thus abandon its arm, as is sometimes the case (cf. Cirque de Navacelle).
    This geological particularity was in any case exploited from the very beginning of the 1900s for the production of electricity with a factory with magnificent architecture that can be visited.
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    Elevation 200 m

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