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Small water reservoirs are considered to be an important part of landscape retention capacity. Historically, such reservoirs occupied much more space in the area of present Czech Republic. According to droughts in recent years, the increase of a number of small water reservoirs is considered to be desirable. The identification of profiles suitable for building new small water reservoirs is one of key points in this field as the amount of financial resources is limited. Usually, the identification is done manually ...

The shape of historical ponds dams is important from different points of view such as stability or seepage through the dam body. These are also strongly depending on the internal state of the earth body as the dams are usually built of earth but the shape can help to identify possible problems. The technical documentation of these buildings which could be used to describe the shape is usually missing and the shape can be also modified during the long existence of ponds which can exist already for centuries. There ...