Zegrze Reservoir | |
Location: | North of Warsaw |
Coords: | 52.4867°N 21.0217°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Type: | reservoir |
Inflow: | Narew, Bug |
Outflow: | Narew |
Basin Countries: | Poland |
Area: | 33km2 |
Cities: | Warsaw |
The Zegrze Reservoir (or Zegrze Lake, in Polish officially Jezioro Zegrzyńskie, unofficially Zalew Zegrzyński) is a man-made reservoir in Poland, located just north of Warsaw, on the lower course of the Narew river. It is formed by a dam constructed in 1963 with a hydroelectric complex producing 20 Megawatts of power. Its total area is about 33 km². The name originates from the nearby Zegrze village, featuring the historic Radziwiłł Palace (Pałac Zegrzyński) built in 1847 by the noble Krasiński family.[1] [2]