Lake Omodeo (, ) is an artificial lake in central west Sardinia, Italy.
The lake was constructed in the 1920s. The dam, designed by the engineer , was inaugurated in 1924, at that time it was the largest reservoir in Europe. The lake length is 20 km. Today, Lake Omodeo is the largest artificial reservoir on Sardinia.
A new dam was built in 1997, dedicated to the Sardinian medieval judge Eleonor of Arborea, it is 582 m long and 120 m wide.
Ecology
A population of twait shad, relatively common in Italy but locally extinct elsewhere, has been established in the lake.
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