Lake Vidraru | |
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Location | Romania |
Coordinates | 45°23′N 24°38′E / 45.383°N 24.633°E |
Type | artificial lake |
Primary inflows | Argeș River |
Primary outflows | Argeș River |
Basin countries | Romania |
Max. length | 10.3 km (6.4 mi) |
Max. width | 1.4 km (0.87 mi) |
Surface area | 8.94 km2 (3.45 sq mi) |
Max. depth | 155 m (509 ft) |
Water volume | 0.48 km3 (390,000 acre⋅ft) |
Surface elevation | 830 m (2,720 ft) |
Lake Vidraru (Romanian: Lacul Vidraru) is an artificial lake in Romania. It was created in 1965 by the construction of the Vidraru Dam on the Argeș River.
It lies in the shadow of the Făgăraș Mountains. A village lies submerged at the bottom of this lake[citation needed].
Vidraru Lake is a reservoir lake created in 1965 on the Arges River for Hydroelectricity production. It has 465 million cubic metres of water, with a length of 10.3 kilometres (6.4 mi) and a width of 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi), accumulating a total area of 870 hectares (8.7 km2; 3.4 sq mi) and maximum depth of 155 metres (509 ft). Its circumferences is about 28 kilometres (17 mi).
An underground power station is situated in proximity of the lake, 104 metres (341 ft) deep under the Cetatuia massif. Its annual energy production 400 gigawatt-hours (1,400 TJ) in an average hydrological year. The installed turbine capacity is 220 megawatts (300,000 hp).
On the right bank, on Plesa mount, one can find the statue 'Energia', representing Prometheus with lightnings in his hand, symbolising electricity.
Situated between the mountains of and at the exit of the Ghitu massif, the lake is alimented by the rivers Capra, Buda and several direct tributaries (River Lady, and Valsan Cernatul, Valea lui Stan and clear), with a total average alimentation flow of 5.5 cubic metres per second (190 cu ft/s).
At completion, it was 8th most elevated artificial lake in Europe, and the 20th in the world.[citation needed]
The construction of the Vidraru dam took five and a half years starting in 1960. For this achievement, it took 42 km of tunnel excavation through 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 Lake Vidraru, people can practice the extreme sport of bungee jumping. 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.
The only road to access the lake Vidraru is the spectacular Transfagarasan (DN7C), running from Curtea de Arges to Cartisoara, and passing in front of the hydro power plant, on the Vidraru dam, and around Vidraru Lake.
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Transfagarasanul starts practicaly from the locality Arefu, in the hydro Vidraru Massif which is located underground in fortress Cetatuia . The national road 7C starts from Pitesti and ends at the intersection with National Highway 1 (E86) in the locality Cartisoara. Near the city Poenari the road climbs through the serpentines and viaducts, going via three tunnels and reaches to the Vidraru dam, which is 307 meters long and 166 meters high; the dam that connects Pleasa and Vidraru Mountains. Transfagarasan was achieved with effort and materials with the cost of many human lives in the years 1970-1974. For its construction was necessary to deploy several million tons of rock; 6520 tons of dynamite and tens of thousands of tons of concrete were used, the road passes over 830 bridges and 27 viaducts. After the dam, the road continues on the left side of Lake Vidraru to its beginning. This section of road between the lake and waterfall, has a length of 13 km and is considered the most difficult part of the Transfagarasan. Balea Tunnel is the longest tunnel in Romania, with a 4 m height and 6 m width. Balea Tunnel can be crossed on foot on the sidewalk, which is 1 m wide, the tunnel is lighted, but has a weak airflow. After Balea Tunnel, starts Transylvanian part of the Transfagarasan, which passing through the natural reserve alpine and the Lake Balea. During the winter, between November, 1 till June, 30, in the part between km 104 from Piscu Negru place, which is on one side of the tunnel and km 130 at Cabana Balea Waterfall on the other hand, Transfagarasan is closed for vehicle traffic; situated near of Balea Waterfal it is only reachable by cable-car from Cabana Balea Cascada which is near Balea Waterfall