Lake Omodeo

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Lake Omodeo Lago Omodeo Lagu Omodeu
Lake Omodeo Lago Omodeo Lagu Omodeu
Location	Sardinia
Coordinates	40°08′10″N 8°54′54″E / 40.136°N 8.915°E / 40.136; 8.915Coordinates: 40°08′10″N 8°54′54″E / 40.136°N 8.915°E / 40.136; 8.915
Type	artificial lake
Primary inflows	Tirso River
Primary outflows	Tirso River
Basin countries	Italy
Max. length	20 km (12 mi)
Surface area	29 km2 (11 sq mi)
Water volume	748,000,000 m3 (2.64×1010 cu ft)

Lake Omodeo (Italian: Lago Omodeo, Sardinian: Lagu Omodeu) is an artificial lake in central west Sardinia, Italy.

The lake was constructed in the 1920s. The dam, designed by the engineer , was inaugurated in 1924, at that time it was the largest reservoir in Europe. The lake length is 20 km.

A new dam was built in 1997, dedicated to the Sardinian medieval judge Eleonor of Arborea, it is 582 m long and 120 m wide.

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