Krichim Dam is a dam on the

Vacha River The Vacha (, ) is a river in south Bulgaria, one of the main right tributaries of the Maritsa. It is 104 km long and is formed by the confluence of the rivers Buynovska (cirillic: Буйновска река), Trigradska (cirillic: триг ...

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...

. It is part of the Vacha Cascade Joint Implementation Project involving three more dams and four power stations. The three existing dams on the

are the

Vacha Dam Vacha Reservoir ( Yazovir Vacha; before 1999: Antonivanovtsi Reservoir) is a body of water associated with a dam in Devin Municipality, south Bulgaria. It is part of the Vacha Cascade Joint Implementation Project involving three more dams and fo ...

, Tsankov Dam, and the Kamak Dam. The concrete dam was in its implementation stage as of 2011. The dam supports the 80 MW Krichim Hydro Power Plant.

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