Vidraru is a acumulation lake created by the Vidraru dam on Arges river in 1965 for electricity production.
The acumulation lake Vidraru is situated on the Arges river behind the Vidraru dam with a height of 166 meters.
Situated between Fruntii and Ghitu mountains the lake gathers the waters of rivers Capra, Buda and several tributaires like river Doamnei, Cernatul, Valsanul, Topologul, Valea lui Stan and Limpedea, with a total flow of about 5.5 ml/s.
The Vidraru dam from Romania is considered by experts a real engineering jewel wich was built with great human sacrifice between 1961 and 1966.
Vidraru lake has 465 million cubic meters of water and a length of 10,3 kilometers. The maximum width is 2.2 kilometers. The total area has about 870 hectares and a maximum depth of 155 meters.
The power plant is located underground, in the Cetatuia massive, at 104 meters deep and can provide an anual production of 400 GWH.
When the inauguration took place the Vidraru dam was the fifth in Europe and the ninth in the world. As specialists say Vidraru is a dam with a double curvature, 166,6 meters height and length of 307 meters.
At night the outlines are electricaly lit so that Vidraru can be seen from airplane.
