Lake Kremaston is the largest artificial lake in the country. It was created after the construction of the Kremasto dam in 1965 from the accumulation of water volumes of the Acheloi, Agrafiotis, Tavropos and Trikeriotis rivers, it has a capacity of 4,750,000,000 m³ of water, a surface of 80.6 sq.km. and 60% belongs to the Municipality of Agrafo. It is located between the prefectures of Etoloakarnania and Evrytania, which is joined by the wonderful Episkopi bridge, while at another point there is the Tatarna bridge, near the homonymous historical monastery, which again unites the two prefectures.
The area of the lake is included in the Natura 2000 program, a landscape of unparalleled beauty, which you can enjoy with free boat tours on different routes, as part of a program for the promotion of the Greek Fjords, in which the Regions of Western Greece and Sterea participate of Greece and the Municipalities of Agriniο, Agrafα, Amfilochia and Karpenisi.
Nautical sports in the heart of Evrytania!
Various sports activities take place in the lake, which will enrich the newly established Nautical Sports Club of Evrytania, which has included in its training and competition program several water sports such as rowing, windsurfing, kitesurfing and SUP. In May 2023, he organized two days of sailing activities at Lake Kremaston with great success, where aspiring sailors, regardless of age, with the help of sailors, got their first contact with the sport!
Visit the Kremaston Hydroelectric Plant
You can visit the factory for a guided tour by the station workers
It is one of the largest earth dams in Europe and work on its construction began in 1962 and was completed in 1966 with the operation of the station. The dam is made of soil and gravel, so it is essentially a geodam and not a concrete dam. Its volume is 8,130,000 cubic meters. Its maximum height is 160 meters and the width of the base starts from 670 meters ending at the top in a few tens of meters.
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At the base of the dam is the Kremaston Hydroelectric Station. The lake waters are led through four pipelines (with a nominal power of 109 MW each) to the station's four hydro turbines and electricity is generated.
