Šance Reservoir () is a water

reservoir A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...

and dam in

Staré Hamry Staré Hamry () is a municipality and village in the Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Etymology The name Staré Hamry literally means "old hammer mills" and refers to the ...

in the

Moravian-Silesian Region The Moravian-Silesian Region () is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region (). The region is located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Moravia and in most ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

. It is situated in the

Moravian-Silesian Beskids The Moravian-Silesian Beskids (Czech: , ) is a mountain range in the Czech Republic with a small part reaching to Slovakia. It lies on the historical division between Moravia and Silesia, hence the name. It is part of the Western Beskids within ...

mountain range. The reservoir is built on the upper course of the

Ostravice Ostravice (, ) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,600 inhabitants. Geography Ostravice is located about south of Frýdek-Místek and south of Ostrava ...

River and has a surface area of . It was constructed in 1964–1969 and began operating in 1974. Part of the village of

was demolished and subsequently flooded during the construction. The name of the reservoir comes from the hill that overlooks the reservoir. The reservoir is used mainly to supply

drinking water Drinking water or potable water is water that is safe for ingestion, either when drunk directly in liquid form or consumed indirectly through food preparation. It is often (but not always) supplied through taps, in which case it is also calle ...

to nearby towns and villages and to subdue floods on the Ostravice River.

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