Στο χωριό Άγιοι Βαβατσινιάς και στην πορεία του Βασιλικού ποταμού, υπάρχει φράγμα το οποίο έχει κτιστεί το 1981, με σκοπό να αρδεύει τα εκατοντάδες θερμοκήπια λαχανικών που δημιουργήθηκαν από τους κατοίκους των γύρω χωριών, αλλά και άλλες καλλιέργειες. Σταμάτησαν την ροή του ποταμού 900 μέτρα νοτ...

Ένας από τους μεγαλύτερους υδατοφράκτες στο νησί της Κύπρου, βρίσκεται στην επαρχία Πάφου και στην γεωγραφική περιοχή του ερειπωμένου πια χωριού Ευρέτου, από το οποίο έχει πάρει και το όνομά του. Με χωρητικότητα που αγγίζει τα 24 εκατομμύρια κυβικά μέτρα νερού, κατατάσσεται τρίτο στην σειρά μετά τον...

Το πιο ψηλό χωριό της Κύπρου είναι ο Πρόδρομος Λεμεσού ο οποίος βρίσκεται κτισμένος λίγες εκατοντάδες μέτρα πιο κάτω από την ψηλότερη κορυφή του Τροόδους τον Όλυμπο. Ταξιδεύοντας εκεί, είναι λογικό να περιμένεις ότι θα δεις καταπράσινα δάση, πηγές ποταμών, μονοπάτια της φύσης, υπέροχα σημεία θέας. Ε...

Ο ποταμός Κούρης από το σημείο που πηγάζει μέχρι το σημείο εκβολής του στην θάλασσα της Επισκοπής καλύπτει απόσταση 36300 μέτρα και καταλαμβάνει την έβδομη θέση σε μήκος ανάμεσα στους ποταμούς της Κύπρου. Παρόλο που η λεκάνη απορροής του δεν είναι η μεγαλύτερη που υπάρχει στο νησί, εντούτοις λόγω τω...

Ταξιδεύοντας προς το χωριό Παλαιχώρι ακολουθώντας ανάντη τον ποταμό Μαρούλλενας και δια μέσου της πανέμορφης και καταπράσινης κοιλάδας που δημιούργησε ο ποταμός, θα συναντήσουμε τον υδατοφράκτη Παλαιχωρίου, λίγες εκατοντάδες μέτρα μετά το σημείο ένωσης των ποταμών Καμπιού και Μαρούλλενας. Κτίστηκε σ...

Ταξιδεύοντας νότια του Καλού Χωριού Κλήρου ή Ορεινής προς το γραφικό χωριό Γούρρι και σε απόσταση 3300 μέτρων από την εκκλησία Αγίου Γεωργίου ή 1300 μέτρα από τον εκδρομικό χώρο Καλού Χωριού Κλήρου, συναντάμε μικρό φράγμα που οικοδομήθηκε το 1947 στην πορεία του ποταμού Φαρμακά (Ακάκι). Σύμφωνα μ...

Στην κοινότητα της Ακρούντας, η οποία βρίσκεται βόρεια του υδατοφράκτη Γερμασόγειας, υπάρχει εξωκλήσι αφιερωμένο στον Απόστολο Λουκά. Είναι κτισμένο σε πλαγιά που δεσπόζει του δέλτα που σχηματίζει κατά την είσοδο του στο φράγμα ο ποταμός Άμαθος, όπου ο ποταμός έχει δημιουργήσει έναν από τους πιο όμο...

Ψάχνοντας τις πηγές των ποταμών Πεδιαίος και Άγιος Ονούφριος με αφετηρία το σημείο συμβολής τους που είναι το φράγμα Ταμασσού μας περίμενε μια τεράστια και ευχάριστη έκπληξη. Από τα πρώτα βήματα βρεθήκαμε μπροστά σε ένα παραποτάμιο περιβάλλον τόσο όμορφο όση είναι και η αγριάδα του. Ένα βαθύ και ...

Στο χωριό Πέρα Πεδί που βρίσκεται 35 χιλιόμετρα βορειοδυτικά της πόλης της Λεμεσού, υπάρχει υδατοφράκτης ο οποίος ανακόπτει για λίγο την πορεία του ποταμού Κρυού, ο οποίος είναι παραπόταμος του Κούρη. Το συναντάμε ένα χιλιόμετρο βόρεια από το κέντρο του χωριού, στο οποίο βρίσκονται τα καφεστιατόρ...

In the year 1300 B.C. the ships of the unwanted in their homelands, Achaeans, anchored on the coast of Cyprus. They were heroes and besiegers of Troy but unwelcome in their homeland after 10 years of absence.

Among them was the son of ...

The dam of Arminou is the most discussed and probably the most beautiful dam in Cyprus. It is found 40 kilometres away from the town of Paphos, and a few kilometres northeast of the village of Arminou.

It is a dirt dam, with a maximal capacity of 4.3 million cubic metres of water. It has ...

Το αρδευτικό φράγμα Σολέας, είναι η πραγματοποίηση των αιτημάτων των κατοίκων της ομώνυμης κοιλάδας, που χρονολογούνται πριν το 1960, δηλαδή πριν ακόμη ιδρυθεί η Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία. Προβλήματα όπως ο κατάλληλος χώρος για φράγμα, αλλά και οι διαφορές ανάμεσα στις κοινότητες που χρησιμοποιούσαν το...

Kalopanayiotis village is found on the shores of Setrachos river on an altitude of about 700 metres. The houses that make up the settlement, “rise” onto the western side, with an intense slope on the valley of Marathasa, in the depth of which the river flows.

The village does not have a l...

The dam of Kannaviou is ranked fourth among the dams of Cyprus in terms of capacity, and second in terms of height. It has a capacity of 18 million cubic metres of water. It was a height of 70 metres and its dyke has a length of 600 metres. It is found at a distance of about forty kilometres from...

Northwest of the village of Ora, in the mountain area of Larnaca, there is a small dam. Its basin is padded with a membrane, so as to not have any rates of absorption. Its height is 18 metres and it has a capacity of 62 thousand cubic metres of water.

In the mountain area of Larnaca, ther...

At the river of Elia, that has its sources high on the slopes of the Madari mountain, there are two Venetian bridges. The Medieval bridge of Agios Epiphanios that is found a little before the village of Lagoudera, and the Medieval bridge of Xyliatos. The two Venetian bridges were the only passage...

One of the two dams that are found in the village of Lythrodontas, is accessible on the road going towards the Monastery of Profitis Ilias, south of the village and it is called “Pano Fragma” (Upper Dam).

It is a construction of 1952 and it works with gravity. Its dyke has a height of ten...

The dam of the Maroni river, had to become a dam of diversion, since studies showed that a big dam for the collection of water for irrigation or enrichment purposes could not be built.

At the riverflow, a dam of 5 metres was put in place, and the water that is collected, is guided through...

The overflow of a dam in Cyprus is a very important moment. Its importance is not only extracted from the amount of water collected by the dam. The Water Development Department of Cyprus made sure that at most of the dams, if not all, that were created from 1960 until today, the overflow is combi...

The 4th river in terms of length in Cyprus is Diarizos. From its two sources (where its name comes from), until its mouth, it covers a distance of 42 kilometres.

Its sources are found on the southeastern slopes of Kykkos, one next to the Milikouri village, and one on the slopes of Lemitho...

Two rivers connect at the Dipotamos area, east of the village of Skarinou and form the river Pentaschoinos. At the point of junction of the two rivers, the dam was built in order to collect the water and to irrigate the valley of Pentaschoinos with the 2800 plots of agricultural land, as well as ...

On the dyke and at the end of the overflow of the Dipotamos dam, nature placed a tap with sweet water.

A tap whose water “jumps out” from the “bowels” of the mountain. The constructors of the dam, made sure to guide the water towards is basin, thus transforming the dyke appropriately at t...

The government chose to build a small dam and to create a small, oblong, magnificent lake, in a truly wild and virgin landscape formed by the Gialias river. It was enriched with fish, among which hundreds of goldfish give life to the small lake, as they move in shoals. On the shores of the lakes,...

The riverbed of Gialias is not offered morphologically for big dams. Thus, from the area  north of the Lythrodontas village until the bridge of the intercity motorway from Nicosia to Limassol, in Nisou, there are six small dams. One of these is between the village of Kotsiatis and Nisou. It ...

One of the oldest dams of Cyprus is that of the Municipality of Polemidia in Limassol. It is built on the direction of the Garillis river and has the storage capacity of 3440000 cubic metres of water. It is a dirt dam with a spillway reaching the height of 45 metres.

A few years ago the d...

The dam of Trimiklini is found 1500 metres north of the Trimiklini village, on the right hand side of the road of Limassol - Troodos. It is a small dam, above the Kouris river, with a storage capacity of 340 thousand cubic metres of water.

It is the only dam in Cyprus that is overflooded,...

The water dam of Kalopanagiotis is found a few hundreds of metres after the station of Orkontas. It is built on way of the river Setrachos and can store 363 thousand cubic metres of water. The height of the dam reaches 49 metres and it creates a deep and impressive lake.

From the dam (tha...

One of the most beautiful valleys of Cyprus is the valley of Marathasa, which owes its existence, its creation and its formation to the Setrachos river.

The Setrachos river has its sources in the north slopes of Troodos and does not only rely on rain since it has dozens of natural sources...

On our way from Nicosia to Palaichori, 100 metres from the right exit towards Agrokipia and Mitsero, you will meet the dam of Akaki-Malounta.  It is built on the river Akaki and has a storage capacity of 2 million cubic metres of water. The percentage is very small compared to the total capa...

The river Pedieos is the biggest river in Cyprus. Its sources are found on the mountain range of Troodos, in the National Forest park of Machairas and on the northwest slope of the Kionia mountain peak.

After rain fills its bed, the water ends up initially in the Tamassos dam, after it pa...

One of the most full picnic areas is found in the shadow of the dam in the Xyliatos village and it is called the “Xyliatos dam picnic site”.

It integrated the programme “nature 2000” and it occupies an area of land of about 7 hectares. It is an area that is covered by Alnus orientalis, Pi...

The Xyliatou water dam is found built on the Elia river and has a volume capacity of 1.430.000 cubic metres of water. It is a rockfill dam that overflows every year, creating beautiful images with its waterfalls.

The dam’s area is one of the best biotopes due to its snake called Natrix Na...

In Cyprus dams have been constructed in nearly all the rivers, since low rainfall is a very regular phenomenon, thus reducing the problem. There are many big dams and dozens of smaller ones. One of the biggest dams is the one in Lefkara.

It is made of earth and has a height of 74 metres. ...

The enriching dam of Gaibon was built on the Mylos river, in Delikipos a few metres before the Diplogefiro, on the road going from Kornos towards Lefkara.  It s a small dam, that offers magnificent images to the visitor during winter time.

The not so old years, the Mylos river fled i...

The Lympia waterdam is built on the Tremithos river, and it is found if we are travelling from Alampra towards the Mosfiloti village, through the old road of Nicosia to Limassol.

It is at a distance of 22 kilometres from Nicosia. It is a small dam and it is the third in a row that has bee...

The greatest dam of Cyprus, is the one in the Kouris river.  It has a height of 110 metres and a length of 550 metres, its volume capacity is 115,000,000 cubic metres, and it creates a lake of 3,6 squared kilometres.

It was being built for 4 years and a village and a church had to be...

On the 19th of April 2012, just after the dam’s overflow, that only happened 14 years after its inauguration, the Mukhtar of Kalavasos, Lefteris Foka announced “Seventeen million, four hundred thousand cubic metres of water, have sufficiently ensured irrigation of rural cultivation for the next f...

The earthen fence in Vyzakia, is found on the north side of the village and on the left side of the road that leads to the village of Agia Marina, of you are travelling from Vyzakia. It was constructed in 1994 and it had a volume capacity of 1.690.000 cubic metres of water. Fishing is prohibited ...

When the department of forests received the non fertile area where the National Forest park is found today, on their effort to create a big forest, it was necessary that they join two torrents, the Vathis (deep) and kalogeros (monk), and to gather water with an earthen fence in order to irrigate ...

The small dam in the Lefka township which is occupied by the Turkish forces, is built on the ‘road’ of the Setrachos river which traverses the Marathasa valley.

The river’s waters, were from the Ottoman empire, the ‘bone of contention’ between the residents of the villages that it crossed...

After the Turkish invasion and the displacement of 20000 people, a great problem on the waterworks system was created. Cyprus went on with the construction of dams and reservoirs in its different rivers.

One of these dams is that of Asprokremos, the second largest in the country after the...

The Germasogeia water dam attracts thousands of fishermen and is a good income source for the government.

In 2013 the use of this water was extended and the inexplicable pause of desalination stations in the country has been noticed, resulting to today’s small stock of water left. This wa...

The small dam of Tamassos which is situated on the right side of the road Psimolofou - Kampia, is built out of sand on the valley formed by the Pediaios river. The dam’s aim is to limit the vicious downstream of the river heading to Nicosia and to help enrich the underground waters of the area.