SIRIU RESERVOIR, BUZAU RIVER (ROMANIA)

Daniel Constantin DIACONU
Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania daniel@geo.unibuc.ro

Abstract

Siriu reservoir, owes it`s creation to the dam built on the river Buzau, in the town which bears the same name. The reservoir has a hydro energetic role, to diminish the maximum flow and to provide water to the localities below. The partial exploitation of the lake, began in 1984; Since that time, the initial bed of the river began to accumulate large quantities of alluvia, reducing the retention capacity of the lake, which had a volume of 125 million m³. The changes produced are determined by many topographic surveys at the bottom of the lake.

Keywords: river, accumulation, sediments, bathymetric, basin