Lago di Ariamacina is a lake in the
province of Cosenza,
Calabria,
southern Italy.
It is located in the
La Sila
La Sila, also simply Sila, is the name of the mountainous plateau and historic region located in Calabria, southern Italy. The Sila National Park is known to have the purest air in Europe.
Geography
The Sila occupies part of the provinces of Co ...
range within
Sila National Park. The
Neto flows into and out of the lake. The lake is a
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
built between 1953 and 1955 by damming the Neto. Its purpose is to generate
hydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined an ...
. North of the lake is
Lago di Cecita and south of the lake is
Lago Arvo
Lago Arvo is a lake in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, southern Italy. It is located in La Sila east of Aprigliano and west of San Giovanni in Fiore. The lake is south of Lago di Ariamacina and Botte Donato and northwest of Ampollino Lake, Lago ...
.
References
Lakes of Calabria
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