Lake Vidraru

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. 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 art

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