Goczałkowice Lake Explained

Goczałkowice Lake
Location:Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Coordinates:49.93°N 18.8622°W
Type:Reservoir
Rivers:Vistula
Area:32km2
Volume:168000000m2
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Map Alt:Location of lake in Poland

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.