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Agia Lake (Ayia)
The artificial lake of Agia (Ayia) is located near the village of Agia, 9 km west of Chania. It is a small lake of 450 acres, which is close at Fasas. This valley is considered as the most dank of Crete. Agia lake receives water from underground springs and the river called Xekolomenos.
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Damania dam Lake
Damania village is a small village in a Heraklion Prefecture called Monofatsi. All people there came from Minor Asia, just after the disaster in Smyrna. The village’s small dam was built to retain water from the tributary of Anapodaris River.
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Faneromeni Lake
The dam lake of Faneromeni is located 7km north of Tympaki. The lake constructed in 2005, to meet the increased demand for irrigation of the Mesara plain. In the few years of operation, the lake of Faneromeni has become an extremely important wetland, where rare birds and animals nest.
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Kournas Lake
Lake Kournas is actually the only large natural lake in Crete and is located 20km west of Rethymnon.The lake is small and circular and covers an area of 579 acres, has maximum depth 22.5 m, maximum length 1080m and maximum width of 880m.
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Potami dam lake (Amari)
The lake of Potami is shaped by the Potami dam, in Amari . It was built in 2008. The dam is located in the verdant of Amari, 25km south of Rethymno.
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Voulismeni Lake
Lake Voulismeni is located in the center of the town of Agios Nicholaos, used also as a small harbor where fishing boats can stop. A legent for this lake says that there is no bottom.
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Zaros Lake
The lake of Zaros located on the slopes of Psiloritis, just 1km north of Zaros and 45km southwest of Iraklion.It took its current form in 1987, when the Forest Service created an artificial lake where the spring water is stored.