Elektrėnai Reservoir
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Elektrėnai Reservoir with Elektrėnai power plant in the distance
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Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Type | Artificial lake / reservoir |
Primary inflows | Strėva River, and 9 other rivulets |
Primary outflows | Strėva River |
Basin countries | Lithuania |
Max. length | 11 km |
Max. width | 3.1 km |
Surface area | 1,264 ha |
Max. depth | 31 m |
Shore length1 | 34.1 km |
Islands | 18 islands cover 50.5 ha |
Settlements | Elektrėnai |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Elektrėnai Reservoir (Lithuanian: Elektrėnų marios), located south of the city of Elektrėnai, Lithuania, is the third-biggest artificial lake in Lithuania. It was created in 1961 by damming the Strėva River. It supplies cooling water to the 1,800 MW Elektrėnai Power Plant. A number of villages were drowned by the reservoir; over 140 of them were relocated. The reservoir also covered eight other lakes.
The reservoir covers about 1,264 hectares, with depths of over 30 meters.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
References
- Elektrėnai, Vilnius: Jandrija, 2006