Rotelsee (also Rotelschsee)[1] is a lake near Simplon Pass in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.[2] The water of the lake powers a small turbine in the monastery Simplon Hospice. The distance from the lake to the monastery is 220m and the difference of altitude is 30m.[3]
Lake Rotel lies only 300m from the watershed between Po and Rhône[4]
The water of Rotelsee flows → Chrummbach → Diveria → Toce → Lake Maggiore → Ticino → Po → Adriatic Sea.
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