Goczałkowice Reservoir

Goczałkowice Reservoir (Polish: Jezioro Goczałkowickie) is an artificial water reservoir 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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Coordinates: 49°55′48.03″N 18°51′43.75″E / 49.9300083°N 18.8621528°E / 49.9300083; 18.8621528


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