Vidra Lake is a storage reservoir, located in the Parâng Mountains group

Parâng Mountains group

The Parâng mountain group is a subgroup of mountains in the Southern Carpathians. It is named after the highest of the mountains in the group, the Parâng Mountains.-Boundaries:The Parâng group is bounded:*in the east, by the Olt River...

, on the Lotru River

Lotru River

The Lotru River is a tributary of the Olt River in Romania.- References :* Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti* Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971...

, in Romania

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...

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It has an area of 12.40 km² and a volume of 340 million m³.

Its associated hydroelectric plant Ciungetu

Lotru-Ciunget Hydropower Plant

Lotru-Ciunget Dam and Hydro Power Plant plant is a large hydroelectric complex on the Lotru River situated in Romania and one of the biggest complex facilities in Europe. The complex consists of three hydroelectric power plants...

, has a maximum power output of 510 MW

Watt

The watt is a derived unit of power in the International System of Units , named after the Scottish engineer James Watt . The unit, defined as one joule per second, measures the rate of energy conversion.-Definition:...

, using an altitude difference of about 800 m.

The dam and the hydro plant were built between 1965 and 1972. It is the second largest hydro plant in Romania, after Iron Gates.

External links

• http://www.dams.go.ro/
• http://www.costi33.lx.ro/automatizari/hidro.htm
• http://www.hidroconstructia.com/romana/istoric.html (no longer available)
• Romania in images - Vidra Lake