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The Orlík Dam is the biggest dam in the Czech Republic. It is named after the chateau, which now stands a few meters above the dam. The majority of the dam, which flooded the deep rocky valley of the Vltava river, is located in South Bohemia. The Orlík Dam was built between 1954-1961. A hydroelectric power station with four Kaplan turbines was built in the footing of the dam.

Near the dam there is a port of the summer boat transport on the dam. It joins the dam with the Orlík chateau and with the Zvíkov castle, which stands above the confluence of the Vltava and Otava rivers at the head of the dam.

The dam is 450 m long and 91 m high. The reservoir contains 717 millions cubic metres of water (the most in all of Bohemia. Its area is 2,732 ha and the deepest point is at 74 m. The road connecting the town Milevsko with the region of the town Příbram goes over the wall of the dam.

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