Mietkowskie Lake
Lake in Poland
50°57′31″N 16°37′08″E / 50.95861°N 16.61889°E / 50.95861; 16.61889Mietkowskie Lake (Polish: Jezioro Mietkowskie) - is the largest lake in the Dolnośląskie Voivodeship in Poland.[1] The lake is a retention reservoir created when a dam was built on the river Bystrzyca in Mietków, about 45 kilometres south-east of Wrocław.[2] Geographically the lake is located on the Świdnicka Plain; divided by the Bystrzyca Valley, located in the Bystrzyca Valley Landscape Park.[3] The dam's construction began in 1974, and fully filled in 1986. The lake's dam has a length of 3,2 kilometres and a height of 17 metres. The lake's bank is excavated for aggregate, deepening the lake. The lake's water was lowered and the lake was renovated in 2007 and 2011.[4]
References
- ^ "Jezioro Mietkowskie". Świdnica. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "List of Names of Standing Rivers" (PDF). KSNG. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Z zalewu w Mietkowie wypompowują wodę". ONET Wiadomości. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Jezioro Mietkowskie". Dolny Śląsk. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
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