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 .
10-600: It lies in the shadow of the Făgăraș Mountains . A village lies submerged at the bottom of this lake . 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 km; 3.4 sq mi) and maximum depth of 155 metres (509 ft). Its circumferences
20-556: 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. Arges River The Argeș ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈardʒeʃ] )
30-419: A reconstructed term, * Argessis . The capital of Dacian leader Burebista was named Argedava , but it appears that it has no link with the name for the river. An alternate etymology derives the name of the river from a Pecheneg word, transliterated into Romanian as argiș (meaning "higher ground"). The earliest recorded variants of the name, referring to the city of Curtea de Argeș (lit. "The Court on
40-458: Is Pitești . Upstream, it is retained by the Vidraru Dam , which has created Lake Vidraru . Its upper course, upstream of Lake Vidraru, is also called Capra . The river is believed to be the same as Ὀρδησσός Ordessus , a name mentioned by Ancient Greek historian Herodotus . The etymology of Argeș is not clear. Traditionally, it was considered that it is derived from the ancient name, through
50-667: Is a river in Southern Romania , a left tributary of the Danube . It is 350 km (220 mi) long, and its basin area is 12,550 km (4,850 sq mi). Its source is in the Făgăraș Mountains , in the Southern Carpathians and it flows into the Danube at Oltenița . Its average discharge at the mouth is 71 m /s (2,500 cu ft/s). The main city on the Argeș
60-554: 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
70-657: The Argeș River are: Vidraru, Oiești, Cerbureni, Curtea de Argeș, Zigoneni, Merișani, Budeasa, Bascov, Pitești, Călinești (or Golești), Zăvoiu (near Mătăsaru ), Ogrezeni and Mihăilești. There are dams also on its tributaries. The following rivers are tributaries to the river Argeș (from source to mouth): Arefu Arefu is a commune in Argeș County , Muntenia , Romania . It is composed of three villages: Arefu, Căpățânenii Pământeni (the commune center), and Căpățânenii Ungureni. This Argeș County location article
80-856: The Argeș"), also suggest a derivation from this word: Argyas (1369), Argies (1379), Arghiș (1427), the river probably taking the name of the city. Interestingly enough the Albanian word argésh means 'crude raft supported by skin bladders, crude bridge of crossbars, harrow’. The following localities are situated along the river Argeș, from source to mouth: Căpățânenii Ungureni , Căpățânenii Pământeni , Arefu , Poienarii de Argeș , Corbeni , Rotunda , Albeștii de Argeș , Curtea de Argeș , Băiculești , Merișani , Bascov , Pitești , Găești , Bolintin-Deal , Adunații-Copăceni , and Oltenița . The river Argeș and some of its tributaries are used for hydro energy . The hydroelectrical system consists of several dams, lakes, tunnels and power plants. The lakes built on
90-412: 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
100-509: 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. The construction of
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