Elektrėnai Reservoir
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Elektrėnai Reservoir | |
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Strėva River, and 9 other rivulets | |
Primary outflows | Strėva River |
Basin countries | Lithuania |
Max. length | 11 km (6.8 mi) |
Max. width | 3.1 km (1.9 mi) |
Surface area | 1,264 ha (3,120 acres) |
Max. depth | 31 m (102 ft) |
Shore length1 | 34.1 km (21.2 mi) |
Islands | 18 islands cover 50.5 ha (125 acres) |
Settlements | Elektrėnai |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Elektrėnai Reservoir (
Strėva River. It supplies cooling water to the 1,800 MW Elektrėnai Power Plant
. A number of villages drowned when the reservoir was created; over 140 households were relocated. The reservoir also covered eight other lakes.
The reservoir covers about 1,264
hectares, with depths of over 30 meters.[1]
References
- ^ "History". Government of Elektrenai. Archived from the original on 2013-12-11. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
Sources
- Elektrėnai, Vilnius: Jandrija, 2006