Photo: Markus Bernet · CC BY-SA 2.5
Photo: Александр Сигачёв · CC0
A Treska reservoir between Kozjak and Matka, made for the Sveta Petka hydropower plant.
How it formed
The dam and its 36-megawatt plant, completed around 2012, stand about 12 km downstream of Kozjak and 6 km upstream of Matka, the middle step of the Treska’s cascade of three reservoirs just outside Skopje.
Visit
Swimming
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Tips
The reservoir lies just upstream of Lake Matka in the Treska gorge. A narrow, winding road leads to the Matka dam and its car park, a paved path runs on to the hotel, and a lakeside path continues about 6 km into the valley. Boats and kayaks can be hired on Lake Matka, and the 14th-century monasteries of St Andrew and the Holy Mother of God stand in the canyon. Alpine walks run from Easter to November.
Nearby lakes
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Sources & data
- OpenStreetMap: Акумулација Света Петка (way 701868141), OpenStreetMap contributors
- HES Treska, ESM
- Matka: canyon, dam and gorge near Skopje, Alaturka