Goczałkowice Lake
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Goczałkowice Lake | |
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Jezioro Goczałkowickie (Polish) | |
Location | Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
Coordinates | 49°55′48.03″N 18°51′43.75″E / 49.9300083°N 18.8621528°E |
Type | Reservoir |
River sources | Vistula |
Built | 1956 |
Surface area | 32 km2 (12 sq mi) |
Water volume | 168,000,000 m3 (5.9×109 cu ft) |
Goczałkowice Lake (Polish: Jezioro Goczałkowickie) is an artificial water reservoir close to Goczałkowice-Zdrój in the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland created with a dam on the Vistula in 1956. The area of the reservoir is 32 square kilometres and its capacity is 168 million m³. It is around 75 kilometres west of Kraków.
The shores of the lake are the breeding area for many bird species.
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