Dam
Iron Gate I
The Iron Gate I dam closes the Danube at the lower end of the Iron Gates gorge, near Kladovo in Serbia and Drobeta-Turnu Severin in Romania. Built jointly by the two countries, it holds back the Iron Gates Reservoir and…
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Iron Gates Reservoir
Lacul Porților de Fier · Ђердапско језеро · Đerdapsko jezero
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Srebrno jezero
Dam-regulated, Fluvial (oxbow) · natural, regulated
~66 kmaway
70 metres above sea levelelevation
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- Nistor et al. (2021): The impact of large dams on fluvial sedimentation: The Iron Gates Reservoir on the Danube River, Acta geographica Slovenica 61(1), 41–55 (ZRC SAZU), 2021
- Wikidata: Lake Đerdap (Q1313598), Wikimedia Foundation