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Fish farming has a very long and rich tradition in the area of the Czech Republic. As the golden age of fish farming and building of fishponds, the second half of 15th century and whole 16th century are considered. In this period, huge number of fishponds was built in many parts of the Czech Republic. Many fishponds ceased to exist since this era but many of them remained until present. This means, besides others, that there are many fishponds within the Czech landscape which are very old. Some of them underwent r...

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 ...