Nyskie Lake


Nyskie Lake is a reservoir constructed at the confluence of the Eastern Neisse and Bělá rivers in Poland in 1971. Its name comes from the nearby town of Nysa. The dam that was used to create the reservoir is, and high. The total area of the lake is, with 124 million cubic meters of water. Before creation of the reservoir, several villages had been resettled. By the lake, a hydroelectric power plant is located.
Together with adjacent Otmuchów Lake, both reservoirs make the Otmuchów-Nysa Area of Protected Landscape, with several species of birds living in the region. The reservoir is located near the main national road number 46, which goes from Gliwice to Kłodzko.