The Lake Izvorul Muntelui, also known as Lake Bicaz, is the largest2017 Romanian Statistical Yearbook
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lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

on the interior waters of

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; it was created after the completion of a

dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, a ...

built on the river

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. The dam is located a few kilometers north of the town of

Bicaz Bicaz ( hu, Békás) is a town in Neamț County, Western Moldavia, Romania situated in the eastern Carpathian Mountains near the confluence of the Bicaz and Bistrița Rivers and near Lake Bicaz, an artificial lake formed by the Bicaz Dam on the ...

. The dam was built between 1950 and 1960 and is used to generate

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at the

Bicaz-Stejaru Hydroelectric Power Station Dimitrie Leonida (Stejaru) Hydro Power Plant is a hydropower development on the Bistrița River, near Bicaz, Romania. The project was started and finished in the 1950s. It consists of a dam, a reservoir, and a hydro power plant. The dam is a ...

. It has a height of , a length of , and a maximum width of . The lake has a length of , an area of and a maximum volume of 1,250 billion m³. The lake is a

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in the region, especially in summertime, when visitors take the ferryboat from the Bicaz port for a short trip on the lake, and to view Mount Ceahlău on the west shore. In the 1960s and 1970s there was regular ferry service between the Bicaz port and the villages on the lake shore. At Potoci, a few kilometers north of the town of Bicaz, there is a biological research facility, equipped with a small submersible used for underwater explorations. The facility was visited by the marine biologist

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in 1984.

Prelucrare 3D pentru Lacul Izvorul Muntelui (Bicaz)

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