The Stratos Hydroelectric Dam ( el, Υδροηλεκτρικό Φράγμα Στράτου) is 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 ...

on the river Acheloos in

Aetolia-Acarnania Aetolia-Acarnania ( el, Αιτωλοακαρνανία, ''Aitoloakarnanía'', ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the geographic region of Central Greece and the administrative region of West Greece. A combination of the histor ...

, western

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. It is situated just east of the village

Stratos Stratos may refer to: People As surname *Andreas Stratos (1905–1981), Greek politician and historian *Demetrio Stratos (1945–1979), Italian vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and music researcher *Nikolaos Stratos (1872–1922), Greek politicia ...

, and 9 km northwest of

Agrinio Agrinio (Greek: Αγρίνιο, , Latin: ''Agrinium'') is the largest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit of Greece and its largest municipality, with 106,053 inhabitants. It is the economical center of Aetolia-Acarnania, although its capi ...

. The dam created the Stratos artificial lake. There are four more dams upstream from the Stratos Dam: the

Kastraki Dam The Kastraki Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Achelous River near the village of Kastraki in Aitoloakarnania, Greece. It was completed in 1969 for the purposes of hydroelectric power generator, flood control and irrigation. The dam's ...

, the

Kremasta Dam The Kremasta Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Achelous River in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. It is located just downstream of where the Agrafiotis, Tavropos and Trikeriotis rivers meet to form the Achelous. The dam was constructed betw ...

, the

Sykia Dam The Sykia Dam is a mostly constructed but unused earth-filled embankment dam on the Acheloos River along the border of Karditsa and Arta, Greece. The tall dam is part of the Acheloos River Diversion which is intended to divert a portion of the ...

and the Mesochora Dam. The dam was constructed between 1981 and 1989. Four turbine units produce up to 156.7 MW of electricity.

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{{Achelous River dams Hydroelectric power stations in Greece Dams in Greece Dams completed in 1989 Earth-filled dams Dams on the Achelous River 1989 establishments in Greece Energy infrastructure completed in 1989 Buildings and structures in Aetolia-Acarnania

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