Caption

The Oberwartha reservoir was created by the largest earthen dam in Europe at the time when the Silbertal valley was closed off. It is located near Oberwarth on the outskirts of Dresden. It feeds the Niederwartha pumped storage plant

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Photo12/imageBROKER/Sylvio Dittrich

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BRK24E61_418

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51,3Mb (2,9Mb) / 17,3in x 11,5in / 5184 x 3456 (300dpi)

Keywords

Central Europe Dam Dresden East Germany Eastern Germany Environmental friendly Europe Europe's FRG German German Federal Republic Germany Middle Europe No People Pumped storage power plant Republic of Germany Sachsen Saxony See State of Saxony alternative energy artificial lake barrage body of water building construction countryside dam dam wall deserted eco-friendly ecofriendly electricity supply empty energy energy industry energy production energy source energy supply environment environment protection environmental protection environmentally friendly green energy hydro power hydroelectric power hydroelectric power plant hydroelectric power station hydropower hydropower plant lake landscape landscape photo landscape shot nature no one nobody open air outskirts power generation power industry power supply pumped storage hydroelectric plant pumped-storage power station regenerative renewable renewable energy reservoir reservoir dam scenery storage power station structure suburb sustainable travel photography uninhabited valley water water power water reservoir water supply dam waterfront