Cecita Lake

Cecita Lake
Cecita Lake
Location	Province of Cosenza, Calabria
Coordinates	39°22′59″N16°31′12″E / 39.383°N 16.52°E Coordinates: 39°22′59″N16°31′12″E / 39.383°N 16.52°E
Type	Artificial
Catchment area	154.5 km2 (59.7 sq mi)
Basin countries	Italy
Max. length	7.5 km (4.7 mi)
Surface area	12.6 km2 (4.9 sq mi)
Water volume	108 hm3 (88,000 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation	1,143 m (3,750 ft)

Last updated July 05, 2019

Cecita Lake (Italian : Lago di Cecita) is a man made lake in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, southern Italy.^[1]

Italian is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family. Italian descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, and together with Sardinian, is by most measures the closest language to it of the Romance languages. Italian is an official language in Italy, Switzerland, San Marino and Vatican City. It has an official minority status in western Istria. It formerly had official status in Albania, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro (Kotor) and Greece, and is generally understood in Corsica and Savoie. It also used to be an official language in the former Italian East Africa and Italian North Africa, where it still plays a significant role in various sectors. Italian is also spoken by large expatriate communities in the Americas and Australia. Italian is included under the languages covered by the European Charter for Regional or Minority languages in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Romania, although Italian is neither a co-official nor a regional or a traditional language in these countries, where Italians do not represent a historical minority. In the case of Romania, Italian is listed by the Government along 10 other languages which supposedly receive a "general protection", but not between those which should be granted an "advanced or enhanced" one. Many speakers of Italian are native bilinguals of both Italian and other regional languages.

The province of Cosenza is a province in the Calabria region of Italy. Its provincial capital is the city of Cosenza. It contains 155 comuni (comune), listed at comunes of the Province of Cosenza.

Calabria, known in antiquity as Bruttium, is a region in Southern Italy.

Geography

Lake Cecita is a man made reservoir created by constructing a hydroelectric dam on the Mucone River in the province of Cosenza, along La Sila mountain range near the Calabrian town of Camigliatello Silano. Its banks pass through towns Spezzano della Sila, Longobucco, and Celico. The lake was created by damming the Mucone, which flows from the slopes of mount Serra Stella, located between Monte Curcio and Monte Scuro, and into the Crati valley. The dam was built in the Cecita valley near Cecita creek, a tributary of the Mucone. The creek is named after the valley, as are the dam and lake.

Hydroelectricity electricity generated by hydropower

Hydroelectricity is electricity produced from hydropower. In 2015, hydropower generated 16.6% of the world's total electricity and 70% of all renewable electricity, and was expected to increase by about 3.1% each year for the next 25 years.

La Sila, also simply Sila, is the name of the mountainous plateau and historic region located in Calabria, southern Italy.

Spezzano della Sila is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza, in the Calabria region of southern Italy.

Dam construction began in 1947 by then local company Lodigiani, now known as Salini Impregilo, on behalf of energy producer S.M.E., Southern Electrical Society of Naples, and was completed in 1951.

Salini Impregilo S.p.A. is an Italian industrial group specialised in the construction and civil engineering business headquartered in Milan. The company was formally founded in 2014 as the result of the merger by incorporation of Salini into Impregilo. Salini Impregilo is the largest Italian engineering and general contractor group and a global player in the construction sector.

The lake is located on the western border of Sila National Park. The Mucone flows into and out of the lake. The dam is 55 metres (180 ft) high. The dam is also used to irrigate surrounding fields, which are largely used to grow potatoes. South of the lake are Lago di Ariamacina and Botte Donato.

Sila National Park was established in 1997 and covers about 74,000 ha in Calabria. Its highest mountains are Mt. Botte Donato (1,928m), in Sila Grande, and Mt. Gariglione (1,764m) in Sila Piccola. The park is set with the Regional Decree 14.11.2002 from the Official Journal num. 63 - 17/03/2003 and includes its own Management Agency founded. This park area includes the territories formerly as part of the “Historical” Calabria National Park (1968), which protects areas of great environmental interest in Sila Piccola, Sila Grande and Sila Greca, for a total of 73.695 hectares, in 21 municipalities, 6 Mountains Communities and 3 provinces of Calabria Region.

The Mucone is a river in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, southern Italy. The source of the river is in La Sila north of Botte Donato. It flows into Lago di Cecita and flows out of the lake near the western border of Sila National Park. The river flows northwest before curving west near Acri. It flows near Bisignano before flowing into the Crati east of Torano Castello. The Mucone is the largest right tributary of the Crati.

Lago di Ariamacina is a lake in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, southern Italy. It is located in the La Sila range within Sila National Park. The Neto flows into and out of the lake. The lake is a reservoir built between 1953 and 1955 by damming the Neto. Its purpose is to generate hydroelectricity. North of the lake is Lago di Cecita and south of the lake is Lago Arvo.

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- The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World (13 ed.). London: Times Books. 2011. p. 78 K5. ISBN 9780007419135.
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[1] 
The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World (13 ed.). London: Times Books. 2011. p. 78 K5. ISBN 9780007419135.
Hammond World Atlas (6 ed.). Hammond World Atlas Corporation. 2010. p. 54. ISBN 9780843715606.
The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a numeric commercial book identifier which is intended to be unique. Publishers purchase ISBNs from an affiliate of the International ISBN Agency.

[mwJg] The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World (13 ed.). London: Times Books. 2011. p. 78 K5. ISBN 9780007419135.

[mwMA] Hammond World Atlas (6 ed.). Hammond World Atlas Corporation. 2010. p. 54. ISBN 9780843715606.