Lake Stratos () is an
artificial lake
A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from t ...
near
Stratos in
Aetolia-Acarnania
Aetolia-Acarnania (, ''AitoloakarnanÃa'', ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the geographic regions of Greece, geographic region of Central Greece (geographic region), Central Greece and the administrative regions of Greece, ...
, western
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
. The lake is fed and drained by the river
Acheloos. It was formed by the
Stratos Dam, completed in 1989. Its maximum capacity is 80,000,000 m³ of water. Its area is 7.4 km
2. It is used for the generation of hydroelectric power.
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Reservoirs in Greece
Landforms of Aetolia-Acarnania
Landforms of Western Greece