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Lago del Zött

reservoir in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ870252 ↗
Source-derived summary

Lago del Zött is a reservoir in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland, with a surface area of 0.13 km². Its 36 m arch dam was completed in 1967 and holds a volume of 1.65 mio m³.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Lago del Zött” as reservoir in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lago, Zött and reservoir.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1967—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Lago, Zött and reservoir providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Lago del Zött”, the useful work is to connect “reservoir in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q870252. Authority coordinates are 46.433, 8.500. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1967.

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This entry incorporates text from “Lago del Zött” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.