Elektrėnai Reservoir ( lt, Elektrėnų marios), located south of the city of

Elektrėnai Elektrėnai () is a city of about 11,000 inhabitants in Lithuania; since 2000 it has been the capital of the Elektrėnai Municipality. It is situated between the two largest cities in Lithuania – Vilnius and Kaunas. History Elektrėnai is one o ...

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, 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

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. A number of villages were drowned by the reservoir; over 140 households were relocated. The reservoir also covered eight other lakes. The reservoir covers about 1,264

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, with depths of over 30 meters.

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* ''Elektrėnai'', Vilnius: Jandrija, 2006 {{DEFAULTSORT:Elektrenai Reservoir Infrastructure completed in 1961 Reservoirs built in the Soviet Union Reservoirs in Lithuania 1961 establishments in Lithuania RElektrenai Elektrėnai Municipality