Editing Vltava (section)

==Dams==
[[File:Historic Centre of Český Krumlov-111740.jpg|thumb|Historic Centre of [[Český Krumlov]] near the Vltava River]]
Nine hydroelectric dams have been built on the Vltava south of Prague to regulate the water flow and generate [[hydroelectric power]], starting in the 1930s. Beginning at the headwaters, these are: [[Lipno Reservoir|Lipno]], [[Lipno II Reservoir|Lipno II]], [[Hněvkovice Reservoir|Hněvkovice]], [[Kořensko Reservoir|Kořensko]], [[Orlík Reservoir|Orlík]], [[Kamýk Reservoir|Kamýk]], [[Slapy Reservoir|Slapy]], [[Štěchovice Reservoir|Štěchovice]] and [[Vrané Reservoir|Vrané]]. The Orlík Reservoir supports the largest reservoir on the Vltava by volume, while the Lipno Reservoir retains the largest reservoir by area. The [[Štěchovice Reservoir]] is built over the site of [[St John's Rapids]].

The river also features numerous [[weirs]] that help mitigate its flow from {{convert|1172|m}} in elevation at its source near the German border to {{convert|155|m}} at its mouth in Mělník.