Mietkowskie 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-west 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]

Mietkowskie
Mietkowskie Lake
Mietkowskie is located in Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Mietkowskie
Mietkowskie
Mietkowskie is located in Poland
Mietkowskie
Mietkowskie
Coordinates50°57′31″N 16°37′08″E / 50.95861°N 16.61889°E / 50.95861; 16.61889
Typelake
Primary outflowsBystrzyca
Basin countriesPoland
Surface area9.29 km2 (3.59 sq mi)
Average depth11 m (36 ft)
Water volume65×10^6 m3 (53,000 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation117 m (384 ft)
SettlementsMietków

References

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  1. ^ "Jezioro Mietkowskie". Świdnica. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  2. ^ "List of Names of Standing Rivers" (PDF). KSNG. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Z zalewu w Mietkowie wypompowują wodę". ONET Wiadomości. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Jezioro Mietkowskie". Dolny Śląsk. Retrieved 26 May 2015.