Chapter 6
Natural and Anthropogenic Lakes
of River Valleys
Jarosław Dawidek, Beata Ferencz, and Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka
Abstract This chapter discusses the forms and ways of functioning of the lakes
in river valleys in Poland. Due to the specific nature of these objects, which are
characterized by a distinct separation from natural and artificial lakes, the knowledge
gathered so far concerning the appropriate nomenclature and classification has been
systematized. The paper presents bathymetric plans of selected objects which origin
is related to both natural and anthropogenic lakes. These objects are an important
and underestimated element of small retention.
Keywords Floodplain lakes · Lakes typology · Potamophase · Limnophase ·
Poland
6.1 Introduction
The issue of the forms of occurrence and functioning of lakes located in river valleys
is relatively rarely addressed in the literature, despite the high hydrological and
ecological significance, as well as their unique function in river valleys landscape.
The chapter will present the classification and types of floodplain lakes observed
in Polish river valleys, as well as the nomenclature used. Moreover, selected examples of lakes occurring in river valleys – natural, quasi-natural and transformed by
J. Dawidek (B)
Department of Hydrology and Climatology, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management,
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, 2 cd Aleja Kra´ snicka, 20-718 Lublin, Poland
e-mail: jaroslaw.dawidek@poczta.umcs.lublin.pl
B. Ferencz
Department of Hydrobiology and Protection of Ecosystems, University of Life Sciences, 13
Akademicka St., 20-950 Lublin, Poland
e-mail: beata.ferencz@up.lublin.pl
K. Kubiak-Wójcicka
Department of Hydrology and Water Management, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial
Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toru´ n, Poland
e-mail: kubiak@umk.pl
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
M. Zeleˇ náková et al. (eds.), Management of Water Resources in Poland, Springer Water,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61965-7_6
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Natural and Anthropogenic Lakes
of River Valleys
Jarosław Dawidek, Beata Ferencz, and Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka
Abstract This chapter discusses the forms and ways of functioning of the lakes
in river valleys in Poland. Due to the specific nature of these objects, which are
characterized by a distinct separation from natural and artificial lakes, the knowledge
gathered so far concerning the appropriate nomenclature and classification has been
systematized. The paper presents bathymetric plans of selected objects which origin
is related to both natural and anthropogenic lakes. These objects are an important
and underestimated element of small retention.
Keywords Floodplain lakes · Lakes typology · Potamophase · Limnophase ·
Poland
6.1 Introduction
The issue of the forms of occurrence and functioning of lakes located in river valleys
is relatively rarely addressed in the literature, despite the high hydrological and
ecological significance, as well as their unique function in river valleys landscape.
The chapter will present the classification and types of floodplain lakes observed
in Polish river valleys, as well as the nomenclature used. Moreover, selected examples of lakes occurring in river valleys – natural, quasi-natural and transformed by
J. Dawidek (B)
Department of Hydrology and Climatology, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management,
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, 2 cd Aleja Kra´ snicka, 20-718 Lublin, Poland
e-mail: jaroslaw.dawidek@poczta.umcs.lublin.pl
B. Ferencz
Department of Hydrobiology and Protection of Ecosystems, University of Life Sciences, 13
Akademicka St., 20-950 Lublin, Poland
e-mail: beata.ferencz@up.lublin.pl
K. Kubiak-Wójcicka
Department of Hydrology and Water Management, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial
Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toru´ n, Poland
e-mail: kubiak@umk.pl
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
M. Zeleˇ náková et al. (eds.), Management of Water Resources in Poland, Springer Water,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61965-7_6
87