Lake Vidraru
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Lake Vidraru is an artificial lake in Romania
. It was created in 1965 by the construction of the Vidraru Dam
on the Argeş River
.
It lies in the shadow of the Făgăraş Mountains
. A village lies submerged at the bottom of this lake.
Vidraru Lake is a lake, with 465 million cubic metres of water, with a length of 10.3 km and a width of 2.2 km, thus accumulating a total area of 870 hectares and maximum depth of 155 metres. Underground power station is situated in massive Cetatuia to a depth of 104 metres and can provide annual energy production of 400 GWh.
Vidraru Lake is a reservoir lake created in 1965 on the Arges River for electricity production.
Situated between the mountains and the Massif Ghitu brow, lake gathers the waters of rivers Capra, Buda and several direct tributaries (River Lady, and Valsan Cernatul, topology, Valea lui Stan and clear), with a total flow of about 5.5 m3 / s .
The total area of the lake is 893 ha, length of 10.3 kilometers, maximum width of 2.2 km in the Wolf Valley – mantis and a circumference of 28 km.
Maximum water depth is 155 m high curved dam near 166 m with a length of 307 metres crown. Water volume is 465 million m³. The normal retention is 830.00 metres above sea level (mdM).
Vidraru dam construction took five years and a half starting in 1960 . For this achievement, it took 42 km of underground tunnels were excavated 1.768 million m3 of rock, of which about 1 million underground bands have 930,000 m3 of concrete of which 400,000 m3 underground and also were installed 6300 tonnes of electromechanical equipment.
On completion it was located, measured in height, approximately the 8th place in Europe and ranked 20th in the world.
On Lake Vidraru can practise extreme sport of bungee jumping
In an average hydrological year, Vidraru hydroelectric power plant located underground, can produce approximately 400 GWh of electricity. It has an installed capacity of 220 MW.
The town of Curtea de Arges coming to DN1 (Cartisoara village, SB), the road passing through hydropower plant to Vidraru the dam, followed by right lake is spectacular Vidraru Transfagarasan (DN7C).
Mount Plesa was famous statue of Prometheus by lightning in his hand, a symbol of electricity. Only a few hundred metres of the dam tourists can go to the House Argeseana “and the pier where the practice of leisure boat racing.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. It was created in 1965 by the construction of the Vidraru Dam
Vidraru Dam
Vidraru Dam is a dam in Romania. It was built in 1965 on the Argeş River.It is an arch dam built on a foundation of rock, and it was built to produce hydroelectricity. Its construction created a reservoir, Lake Vidraru...
on the Argeş River
Arges River
Argeș is a river of Southern Romania. It starts at the junction of headwaters Buda and Capra in the Făgăraș Mountains, in the Southern Carpathians and flows into the Danube at Oltenița.The main city on the Argeş is Piteşti...
.
It lies in the shadow of the Făgăraş Mountains
Fagaras Mountains
Făgăraș Mountains , are the highest mountains of the Southern Carpathians, in Romania. The highest peaks are Moldoveanu , Negoiu , Viștea Mare , Lespezi , Vânătoarea lui Buteanu , and Dara .They are bordered in the north by the Făgăraș Depression, through which the Olt river flows, and in the west...
. A village lies submerged at the bottom of this lake.
Vidraru Lake is a lake, with 465 million cubic metres of water, with a length of 10.3 km and a width of 2.2 km, thus accumulating a total area of 870 hectares and maximum depth of 155 metres. Underground power station is situated in massive Cetatuia to a depth of 104 metres and can provide annual energy production of 400 GWh.
Vidraru Lake is a reservoir lake created in 1965 on the Arges River for electricity production.
Situated between the mountains and the Massif Ghitu brow, lake gathers the waters of rivers Capra, Buda and several direct tributaries (River Lady, and Valsan Cernatul, topology, Valea lui Stan and clear), with a total flow of about 5.5 m3 / s .
The total area of the lake is 893 ha, length of 10.3 kilometers, maximum width of 2.2 km in the Wolf Valley – mantis and a circumference of 28 km.
Maximum water depth is 155 m high curved dam near 166 m with a length of 307 metres crown. Water volume is 465 million m³. The normal retention is 830.00 metres above sea level (mdM).
Vidraru dam construction took five years and a half starting in 1960 . For this achievement, it took 42 km of underground tunnels were excavated 1.768 million m3 of rock, of which about 1 million underground bands have 930,000 m3 of concrete of which 400,000 m3 underground and also were installed 6300 tonnes of electromechanical equipment.
On completion it was located, measured in height, approximately the 8th place in Europe and ranked 20th in the world.
On Lake Vidraru can practise extreme sport of bungee jumping
In an average hydrological year, Vidraru hydroelectric power plant located underground, can produce approximately 400 GWh of electricity. It has an installed capacity of 220 MW.
The town of Curtea de Arges coming to DN1 (Cartisoara village, SB), the road passing through hydropower plant to Vidraru the dam, followed by right lake is spectacular Vidraru Transfagarasan (DN7C).
Mount Plesa was famous statue of Prometheus by lightning in his hand, a symbol of electricity. Only a few hundred metres of the dam tourists can go to the House Argeseana “and the pier where the practice of leisure boat racing.
See also
- Lakes of Romania