Lake Tarnița ( ro, Lacul Tarnița) is a reservoir located in
Cluj County
Cluj County (; german: Kreis Klausenburg, hu, Kolozs megye) is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Transylvania. Its seat ( ro, Oraș reședință de județ) is Cluj-Napoca (german: Klausenburg).
Name
In Hungarian, it is known as ''Kolozs megye ...
,
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
, between the communes of
Râșca,
Mărișel
Mărișel ( hu, Havasnagyfalu; german: Marischel) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Mărișel.
Demographics
According to the census from 2011 there was a total population of 1,468 people li ...
and
Gilău, west of
Cluj-Napoca
; hu, kincses város)
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. Covering some 215
ha,
[2017 Romanian Statistical Yearbook]
p. 15 with a length of close to 9 km and a maximum depth of over 70 m, it is a popular tourist destination. Water from the
Someșul Cald River flows into the reservoir. A 97 m high dam was completed in 1974.
[Lake Tarnița]
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![RO CJ Tarnita lake 7](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/RO_CJ_Tarnita_lake_7.jpg)
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External links
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Geography of Cluj County
Lakes of Romania
Reservoirs in Romania