Barajul Vidraru
Barajul Vidraru, Romania
About
Vidraru Lake is a reservoir created in 1965 by Lake Vidraru in Arges, Arges River for electricity production. Situated between the Brow Mountains and the Massif Ghitu, the lake gathers the waters of rivers Capra, Buda and several direct tributaries (Râul Doamnei, Cernatul si Vâlsanul, Topologul, râul Valea lui Stan si Limpedea), 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 and a circumference of 28 km. Maximum water depth is 155 m high curved dam near 166 m with a length of 307 meters crown. Water volume is 465 million m³. The normal retention is 830.00 meters above sea level (mdM). The construction of the barrage 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 tones 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 practice extreme sport of bungee jumping. In an average hydrological year, hydroelectric power plant, located Vidraru underground, can produce approximately 400 GWh of electricity. It has an installed capacity of 220 MW. The road between town of Curtea de Arges and Cartisoara village, passing through hydropower plant to Vidraru, on the barrage, followed by right lake is the spectacular Vidraru Transfăgărăşan.
