Věstonice Reservoir () is a

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 ...

on the

Thaya The Thaya (, ) is a river in the Czech Republic and Austria, a right tributary of the Morava (river), Morava River. It flows through the South Moravian Region in the Czech Republic and through Lower Austria in Austria. It is formed by the conflue ...

River in the

South Moravia The South Moravian Region (; , ; ), or just South Moravia, is an Regions of the Czech Republic, administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the south-western part of its historical region of Moravia. The region's capital is Brno, th ...

. It is 1668 ha in area. The reservoir was built on the place of

Mušov Mušov () is a cadastral area and a defunct village in the municipality of Pasohlávky, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic. It covers an area of . Geography and history Mušov was the lowest-lying village in the Břeclav District. The vill ...

village. The area has been protected as a nature reserve since 1994 together with the mouth of rivers

Jihlava Jihlava (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. Jihlava is the capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava (river), Jihlava River on the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia. Historically, Jihla ...

and Svratka.

External links

Czech Republic Environmental Law Service - The Nové Mlýny reservoirs

Dam Nové MlýnyLittoral 0+ fish assemblages in three reservoirs of the Nové Mlýny Dam (Czech Republic)
Nové Mlýny Reservoirs Břeclav District {{SouthMoravia-geo-stub