Photo: Christos Houliaras · CC BY-SA 4.0Pournari II is a small reservoir on the Arachthos, just below the great Pournari dam and above Arta. Its useful capacity is only about 4 million m³, against some 300 million for Lake Pournari.
How it formed
It evens out the water released by the power plant upstream, keeping the river flowing all year down to its mouth and supplying the irrigation networks of the Arta plain.
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Swimming
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Tips
Arta lies about 8 km downstream of the main dam, with its famous stone bridge over the Arachthos. For boating and walks, go up to Lake Pournari.
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Sources & data
- Greece's 2022 Water Framework Directive reporting to the EEA: lake (LW) and transitional (TW) water bodies, field cArea, European Environment Agency (WISE WFD), reported by Greece, 2022
- OpenStreetMap: Τεχνητή λίμνη Πουρναρίου II (way 16099959), OpenStreetMap contributors
- Lake Pournari II, Lakes Network
- Wikipedia: Arachthos (river), Wikimedia Foundation