Romania · Eastern Carpathians

Lake Siriu

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Lacul Siriu

An artificial dam lake on the Buzău valley, behind a high embankment dam with a clay core.

How it formed

The dam, built over nearly two decades up to 1994, is a rockfill structure with a clay core, 122 m high and 570 m along the crest, the second largest of its kind in Romania after Gura Apei. The lake is about 11.5 km long and more than 100 m deep in places. It feeds the Nehoiașu power plant and provides drinking and industrial water and irrigation.

History

About 300 households were moved for the lake, most of them rebuilt in the centre of the village, and the DN10 road was rerouted along the shore on new viaducts. The bronze Siriu Heroes’ Monument, raised in 1936–1938 for the soldiers who fought here in 1916, was also moved in 1975.

Visit

Swimming

No reliable information

Tips

The lake lies on the DN10 between Buzău and Brașov, about ten kilometres from Nehoiu, near the border of Buzău and Covasna counties. The Siriu Mountains rise above it, with routes up to Lacul Vulturilor, and rafting takes place on the Buzău in the mountain part of the county.