Rożnów Dam

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Rożnów Dam is a hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the Dunajec River in southern Poland, forming the artificial Rożnów Lake.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rożnów Dam canonical 3
Dunajec River reservoir system 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf flood-control structure ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Zapora w Rożnowie ⓘ
builtDuring World War II ⓘ
completionDate 1941 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1935 ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
designedBy Gabriel Narutowicz ⓘ
Polish engineers ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
formsReservoir Rożnów Lake ⓘ
hasImpactOn aquatic ecosystems of Dunajec River ⓘ
local microclimate ⓘ
hasPowerPlant Rożnów Hydroelectric Power Plant ⓘ
hasSpillway gated spillway ⓘ
height approximately 32 m ⓘ
length approximately 550 m ⓘ
locatedIn southern Poland ⓘ
locatedInCountrySubdivision Małopolska ⓘ
linked to: Lesser Poland
locatedInCounty Nowy Sącz County ⓘ
locatedInVoivodeship Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ
locatedNear Rożnów ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Dunajec River ⓘ
locatedUpstreamOf Czchów Dam ⓘ
material concrete ⓘ
nearbyCity Nowy Sącz ⓘ
opened 1941 ⓘ
operator Polish power authorities ⓘ
partOf Dunajec River cascade ⓘ
linked to: Dunajec River
primaryFunction flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
protectsArea Dunajec valley ⓘ
Nowy Sącz region ⓘ
purpose reduction of flood risk on Dunajec River ⓘ
regulation of Dunajec River flow ⓘ
reservoirName Rożnów Lake ⓘ
reservoirPurpose flood retention ⓘ
hydropower ⓘ
reservoirType artificial lake ⓘ
riverBasin Vistula River basin ⓘ
linked to: Vistula basin
secondaryFunction recreation support ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
tourismAttraction yes ⓘ
usedFor navigation improvement downstream ⓘ
peak electricity generation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Rożnów Lake → hasPart → Rożnów Dam ⓘ
Rożnów Lake → partOf → Dunajec River reservoir system ⓘ
linked to: Rożnów Dam
Rożnów Power Plant → hasDam → Rożnów Dam ⓘ