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Licheńskie Lake
Licheńskie Lake is a small lake in central Poland known as Jezioro Licheńskie in Polish. It is located in Konin County in Gmina Ślesin, near the town of Licheń Stary. It is a classic plostglacial ribbon lake with a strongly developed shoreline. The banks of the lake, which are mostly steep, are largely surrounded by forests. It is one of several lakes known collectively as the heated Konin Lakes because the water temperature is abnormally high due to the inflow of water from the cooling systems of two power station A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the electricity generation, generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electr ...s. References Lakes of Poland {{Konin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konin County
__NOTOC__ Konin County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Konin, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The county contains five towns: Golina, north-west of Konin, Kleczew, north of Konin, Sompolno, north-east of Konin, Ślesin, north of Konin, and Rychwał, south of Konin. The county covers an area of . As of 2006, its total population is 123,646, out of which the population of Golina is 4,330, that of Kleczew is 4,173, that of Sompolno is 3,695, that of Ślesin is 3,102, that of Rychwał is 2,377, and the rural population is 105,969. Neighbouring counties Apart from the city of Konin, Konin County is also bordered by Mogilno County, Inowrocław County and Radziejów County to the north, Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina Ślesin
__NOTOC__ Gmina Ślesin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ślesin, which lies approximately north of Konin and east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,446 (out of which the population of Ślesin amounts to 3,102, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,344). Villages Apart from the town of Ślesin, Gmina Ślesin contains the villages and settlements of Biele, Biskupie, Biskupie Sarnowskie, Bylew, Bylew-Parcele, Dąbrowa Duża, Dąbrowa Mała, Florentynowo, Głębockie Drugie, Głębockie Pierwsze, Głębockie-Witalisów, Goranin, Goraninek, Holendry Wąsowskie, Honoratka, Honoratka-Władysławów, Ignacewo, Julia, Kępa, Kijowiec, Kijowiec-Ściany, Kijowiec-Szyszynek, Kijowskie Nowiny, Kolebki, Kolebki-Frąsin, Kolebki-Ługi, Konstantynówek, Konstantynowo, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Licheń Stary
Licheń Stary is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ślesin, within Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Ślesin, north-east of Konin, and east of the regional capital Poznań. The village's name means "old Licheń"; it is often referred to as simply Licheń. Licheń Stary is the site of Poland's largest church, the Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń, completed in 2004, which houses the icon of the Virgin Mary called ''Our Lady of Sorrows, Queen of Poland''. It was constructed to accommodate the large number of pilgrims (ca 1 million each year) who come to venerate the image of the Virgin Mary, which according to tradition has been miraculous. Licheń Stary is also the site of Poland's largest organ (157 stops, 6 manuals and pedalboard, created by prof. Andrzej Chorosiński and manufactured by Polish organbuilder "Zych - Zakłady Organowe"); this instrument is also the fourth largest in Europe and thirtee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ribbon Lake
A ribbon lake is a long and very deep, finger-shaped lake, usually found in a glacial trough. As such, a ribbon lake is one of a number of glacial landscapes, including arêtes, corries, rock lips, rock basins and terminal moraines. Such a lake's formation begins when a glacier moves over an area containing alternate bands of hard and soft bedrock. The sharp-edged boulders that are picked up by the glacier and carried at the bottom of the glacier erode the softer rock more quickly by abrasion, thus creating a hollow called a rock basin. On either side of the rock basin, the more resistant rock is eroded less and these outcrops of harder rock are known as rock bars, which act as dams between which rainwater may accumulate after the retreat of the ice age, filling up the rock basin and creating a ribbon lake. A ribbon lake may also form behind a terminal or recessional moraine, both of which also act as dams, enabling water to accumulate behind them. A ribbon lake may also occur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konin Lakes
The Konin Lakes are a group of lakes forming a long navigable channel in central Poland. The lakes include Pątnowskie Lake, Mikorzyńskie Lake, Gosławskie Lake, Licheńskie Lake and Ślesińskie Lake, connecting the River Warta and Lake Gopło and linked to the Warta-Goplo Canal. The lakes are of particular interest because they receive the water outlets from two power stations and the temperature of the water is significantly raised, supporting a different flora and fauna to other lakes in the region. Water for the two power stations is drawn primarily from Lake Pątnowskie, and discharged via canals to Lake Licheńskie, with other outlets flowing into the other lakes. The cooling scheme varies with the time of year, with Licheńskie, Ślesińskie and Mikorzyńskie being included in June but excluded in October. The total area of the lakes is between , and the greatest depth is . Lake Licheńskie is shallow and shows the greatest temperature variation, reaching a maxim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Station
A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the electricity generation, generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid. Many power stations contain one or more Electric generator, generators, rotating machine that converts mechanical power into three-phase electric power. The relative motion between a magnetic field and a Electrical conductor, conductor creates an electric current. The energy source harnessed to turn the generator varies widely. Most power stations in the world burn fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum, oil, and natural gas to generate electricity. Low-carbon power sources include nuclear power, and use of renewable energy, renewables such as solar power, solar, wind power, wind, geothermal power, geothermal, and hydroelectricity, hydroelectric. History In early 1871 Belgian inventor Zénobe Gramme invented a generator powerfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
