VIDEO: Chain Bridge, Bunkers and Weirs Emerge as Orlík Reservoir Falls
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- The water level at the Orlík Reservoir has fallen 15 meters to a historic low because of extreme hydrological drought.
- The drop has exposed places that had been underwater for decades, including a chain bridge, bunkers and weirs.
- iDNES.cz recorded the newly uncovered sites in a video.
A 15-meter fall in the Orlík Reservoir has brought a submerged past back into view. Extreme hydrological drought has lowered the Czech reservoir to its lowest level on record, exposing places that had spent decades underwater.
The newly visible remains include a chain bridge, bunkers and weirs. iDNES.cz captured the sites in a video as the receding water revealed more of the reservoir’s hidden history.
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