Zesławicki Lagoon

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{{Short description|Lagoon in Poland}}

{{Infobox body of water

| image = ZalewZesławicki-WidokOdPołudnia-Zesławice-POL, Kraków.jpg

| location = Kraków

| area = {{convert|0.09|km2}}

| name = Zesławicki Lagoon

| pushpin_map = Poland Lesser Poland Voivodeship

| coords = {{Coord|50|06|28|N|20|01|57|E|region:PL_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}

}}

{{Commonscat|Zesławice Lake}}

Zesławicki Lagoon ({{Langx|pl|Zalew Zesławicki|links=yes}}) is an artificial body of water consisting of two reservoirs separated by a concrete causeway.{{Cite web |title=Zesławicki Reservoir Loop |url=https://www.alltrails.com/trail/poland/lesser-poland-malopolskie/wokol-zalewu-zeslawickiego |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=AllTrails.com |language=en}}{{cite web |access-date=2021-09-13 |language=pl |title=BIP Miasta Kraków - Mapki dzielnic |url=https://www.bip.krakow.pl/?dok_id=65597}}{{cite web |access-date=2021-09-13 |author=Wydawnictwo COMPASS |language=pl |title=Mapa turystyczna gminy Zielonki |url=https://zielonki.pl/images/CKPIR/Gmina_Zielonki_2018_strona%201.jpg |archive-date=2021-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218170046/https://zielonki.pl/images/CKPIR/Gmina_Zielonki_2018_strona%201.jpg |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |access-date=2021-09-13 |language=pl |title=Gmina Michałowice - Mapa ulic w Raciborowicach |url=https://www.michalowice.malopolska.pl/gmina/mapy-i-ulice-numery-porzadkowe-budynkow/mapa-ulic-w-raciborowicach}}{{Cite web |last=Kurbiel |first=Łukasz |date=2022-07-07 |title=Zalew Zesławicki |url=https://niezwyklamalopolska.pl/zalew-zeslawicki/ |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=Niezwykła Małopolska |language=pl}}{{Cite web |title=Zalew Zesławicki - Przewodnik - Dioblina |url=http://www.dioblina.eu/Zalew_Zeslawicki |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=www.dioblina.eu|language=pl}}{{Cite web |title=Kraków - Zalew Zesławicki. Atrakcje turystyczne Krakowa. Ciekawe miejsca Krakowa |url=http://polskaniezwykla.pl/web/place/54009,krakow-zalew-zeslawicki.html |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=polskaniezwykla.pl}}{{Cite web|url=https://krakow.naszemiasto.pl/krakow-cisza-i-spokoj-nad-zalewem-znasz-to-miejsce-zdjecia/ar/c2-7845808|title=Kraków. Cisza i spokój nad zalewem. Znasz to miejsce? [ZDJĘCIA] | Kraków Nasze Miasto|accessdate=May 25, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352858993|title=Groźne zjawiska meteorologiczne w Krakowie i powiecie krakowskim w świetle interwencji straży pożarnej i policji|accessdate=May 25, 2024}} Located near Kraków's Mistrzejowice district, as well as the villages of Raciborowice (gmina Michałowice) and Batowice (gmina Zielonki), it is used as the water intake for some osiedla of Nowa Huta. The name of the lagoon is derived from Zesławice, a former village attached to Nowa Huta and later incorporated into Kraków, where the dams and reservoirs were built.

The lagoon lies approximately 215 metres above sea level.{{cite web |title=Geoportal krajowy |url=https://mapy.geoportal.gov.pl/imap/Imgp_2.html |access-date=2021-09-13 |website=geoportal.gov.pl |language=pl}} It is bordered by Gustawa Morcinka Street to the south, Ku Raciborowicom Street to the east, the No. 8 railway track to the north, and the site of a once planned third reservoir to the west. The River Dłubina feeds the lagoon, with a dam at the inlet controlling the water levels in the reservoirs.

The lagoon was built in the 1950s. By the mid-1980s, it had largely ceased to serve its original function due to the development of Lake Dobczyce.