Vidra Lake

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Vidra Lake
Location Parâng mountains
Lake type artificial lake
Primary inflows Lotru River
Primary outflows Lotru River
Basin countries Romania
Surface area 12.40 km²
Water volume 340 million m³

Vidra Lake is an artificial dam lake, located in the Parâng Mountains group, on the Lotru river, in Romania.

It has an area of 12.40 km² and a volume of 340 million .

Its associated hydroelectric plant Ciungetu, has a maximum power output of 510 MW, using an altitude difference of about 800 m.

The dam and the hydro plant were built between 1965 and 1972. It is the second largest hydro plant in Romania, after Iron Gates.

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