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![The Lake of Sainte-Croix (French: lac de Sainte-Croix) is a man-made lake that was formed by the construction, between 1971 and 1974 (when it was put into service) of a reinforced-concrete arch dam by the name of dam of Sainte-Croix [fr]. It is fed by the Verdon river, at the outlet of the Verdon Gorge. The reservoir holds a maximum of 761 million cubic metres of water. The dam, which generates 142 million kWh of electricity per year, is 94 metres high, 7.5 metres thick at its base and 3 metres thick at its crest.\n\nThe village Les Salles-sur-Verdon stands by the lake; it was rebuilt on the shore after the original village was destroyed to make room for the reservoir. Other villages around the lake are Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon and Bauduen.\n\nThe Valensole plateau is a natural region of France located in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, south-west of Digne-les-Bains, between the valleys of the Durance to the west, the Asse to the north, the Gorges du Verdon and Lake Sainte-Croix to the south. Its average altitude is 500 m and it extends over 800 km2.\n\nIt is crossed by the Asse valley, which separates it into two asymmetrical parts.](https://media.istockphoto.com/id/1447966107/photo/sainte-croix-lake-taken-by-drone-from-the-plateau-de-valensole.jpg?b=1&s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=j7e-G_CuZbxzKHLS9WTm9jcDJ2SpPKi5Z5RJfwpDnPc=)
