Lipno Reservoir

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Lipno Reservoir is the largest artificial lake in the Czech Republic, created for hydroelectric power generation, flood control, and recreation in the Šumava region.

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Label Occurrences
Lipno Reservoir canonical 3
Lipno Dam 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf reservoir
basinCountry Czech Republic
constructionStartDate 1952
country Czech Republic
createdByDamming Vltava River
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 726 metres
hasDamType earth-fill dam
hasFunction peak-load electricity generation
water level regulation on Vltava River
hasHydroelectricPlant Lipno I Hydroelectric Power Station
Lipno II Hydroelectric Power Station
hasNearbyAttraction Ski resort Lipno-Kramolín
Treetop Walkway Lipno
hasSpillwayType gated spillway
hasTourismInfrastructure campsites
holiday resorts
marinas
isAlsoKnownAs Lipno Dam
linked to: Lipno Reservoir
isLargestArtificialLakeIn Czech Republic
isPartOfRegion Bohemia
length about 42 kilometres
locatedIn South Bohemian Region
Šumava
locatedNear Frymburk
town of Lipno nad Vltavou
Černá v Pošumaví
locatedNearBorderWith Austria
Germany
locatedOnRiver Vltava River
maximumDepth about 21.5 metres
nearNationalPark Šumava National Park
nearProtectedArea Šumava Protected Landscape Area
openingDate 1959
operator ČEZ Group
outflow Vltava River
partOf Vltava cascade of dams
primaryPurpose flood control
hydroelectric power generation
recreation
surfaceArea about 48.7 square kilometres
usedFor fishing
ice sailing
ice skating
sailing
swimming
windsurfing
waterBodyType freshwater lake

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vltava River hasReservoir Lipno Reservoir
South Bohemian Region containsLake Lipno Reservoir
Lipno Reservoir isAlsoKnownAs Lipno Dam
linked to: Lipno Reservoir
Černá v Pošumaví locatedOnWaterbody Lipno Reservoir