Elektrėnai Reservoir

Infobox lake
lake_name = Elektrėnai Reservoir
image_lake = BurlentesElektrenuose1024.jpg
caption_lake = Elektrėnai Reservoir with Elektrėnai power plant in the distance
image_bathymetry =
caption_bathymetry=
location =
coords = coord|54|45|20|N|24|40|29|E|W|type:waterbody_region:LT
type = Artificial lake / reservoir
inflow = Strėva River, and 9 other rivulets
outflow = Strėva River
catchment =
basin_countries = Lithuania
length = 11 km
width = 3.1 km
area = 1,264 ha
depth =
max-depth = 31 m
volume =
residence_time =
shore = 34.1 km
elevation =
islands = 18 islands cover 50.5 ha
cities = Elektrėnai
frozen =

Elektrėnai Reservoir ( _lt. 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. [cite web|publisher=Government of Elektrenai| title=History |url=http://www.elektrenai.lt/go.php/eng/HISTORY/5703/2/326| accessdate=2008-04-24]

Footnotes

References

* "Elektrėnai", Vilnius: Jandrija, 2006