Lago di Monte Cotugno
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| Coordinates | 40 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ N , 16 ° 20 ′ 30 ″ E | ||||||||
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| Construction time: | 1970-1982 | ||||||||
| Base width: | 260 m | ||||||||
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| Water surface | 18.5 km² | ||||||||
| Total storage space : | 530 million m³ | ||||||||
The Lago di Monte Cotugno is a reservoir created between 1970 and 1982 and inaugurated in 1983 in the province of Potenza , Basilicata region in southern Italy . Its area is 18.5 km².
The lake dams the Sinni River , which flows into the Ionian Sea south of Policoro . Its storage volume is 530 million m³; this makes the reservoir the largest in Italy. It has an earth embankment dam around 1850 m in length with a height of 60 m and a base width of 260 m.