Colibita Lake 4K - Travel in Romania

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Contributor Daniel Gavrilas created this beautiful drone video of a reservoir lake in the mountains of Transylvania, Romania. It's called Colibița Lake, and it was created in the 1970's in connection with the construction of a dam of the same name. It's situated in Bistrița-Năsăud County in the foothills of the Călimani Mountains, which are part of the Eastern Carpathian range. While the original town was put underwater, it's been reborn on the shores of the new lake as a popular getaway destination.

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Colibița Lake is an artificial accumulation lake in the Călimani Mountains, Bistrița-Năsăud county. The lake was created by constructing the Colibița dam along the Bistrița river, a dam built between 1977 and 1991 for hydropower purposes, for water supply to the downstream localities, to the industry, to irrigation and to regulating the water flow of the Bistrița river. Colibița lake has an area of 270 ha, 13 km long and the volume of 65 m3 is located at an altitude of 900 m. On the shores of the lake is the tourist resort Colibița.