Vltava cascade

The Vltava Cascade (Czech: Vltavská kaskáda ) is the name for a system of dams along the Vltava in the Czech Republic . It includes both the reservoir with the most water ( Orlík ) and the largest reservoir in the country ( Lipno ). The reservoirs and power plants of the cascade are mainly for power generation and flood protection of Prague (all lakes are from Prague seen upriver). The lakes are also open to tourism, especially the Lipno reservoir, and are used for sailing and rowing . The Vltava Cascade represents one of the largest reservoirs in the entire Elbe catchment area. The individual reservoirs are:

River kilometers	Reservoir	construction	Height m nm	Area km²	Length km	Width km	Depth (max.) M	Volume million m³
329.5	Lipno I	1952-59	725.6	48.7	48	10	21.5	306,000
319.1	Lipno II	1952-59	557.6	0.325	7th		11.5	1.685
210.4	Hněvkovice	1986-92	376.5	2.68			27	21,100
200.4	Kořensko	1986-91	353
144.6	Orlík	1954-66	330	27.3	68		74	720,000
134.7	Kamýk	1956-62						17th
91.5	Slapy	1951-54	271	13.92				58
84.4	Štěchovice	1937-45		1.14	9.4		22.5	11.200
71.4	Vrané	1930-36		2.51	13		9.7	11.1

Note: As is customary in the Czech Republic, the kilometers begin at the mouth, not at the source, as is customary in Germany.

Web links

Commons : Reservoirs in the course of the Vltava - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ International Commission for the Protection of the Elbe (IKSE): The Elbe and its catchment area: a geographic, hydrological and water management overview . Ed .: IKSE.

[1] International Commission for the Protection of the Elbe (IKSE): The Elbe and its catchment area: a geographic, hydrological and water management overview . Ed .: IKSE.