Buchtarma reservoir

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Buchtarma reservoir
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Location: East Kazakhstan ( Kazakhstan )
Tributaries: Irtysh , Buchtarma , Narym , Kurtschum
Drain: Irtysh
Larger cities on the shore: Öskemen , Syrianovsk , Saissan , Kürschim
Buchtarma Reservoir (Eastern Kazakhstan)
Buchtarma reservoir
Coordinates 49 ° 39 '26 "  N , 83 ° 20' 50"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 39 '26 "  N , 83 ° 20' 50"  E
Data on the structure
Construction time: -1960
Height above foundation level : 90 m
Building volume: 1.17 million m³
Crown length: 430 m
Power plant output: 675 MW
Data on the reservoir
Water surface 5,490 km²dep1
Storage space 49,800 million m³

The Buchtarma reservoir is located on the upper reaches of the Irtysh in Kazakhstan .

The reservoir is located between Ust-Kamenogorsk and Saissan south of the mouth of the Buchtarma on the south-western edge of the Altai Mountains. Including Lake Saissan, which is flooded by the damming of the river, it covers an area of ​​5,490 km² when the river is fully dammed, making it one of the 10 largest in the world, and comprises a maximum of 49.80 km³ storage volume. Its length is then 500 km, its width 35 km and the average depth 9 m.

The barrier structure of the Buchtarma reservoir, built around 1960 , is located near Serebryansk . It is a gravity dam . The hydropower plant there is owned by Samruk-Energo and operated by Kazzinc . It is used to generate energy (output 675  MW ); With the help of the dam, the water supply for the Irtysh is regulated, which improves the navigation conditions. The lake is used, among other things, for fishing .

In the Buchtarma dam the river flows, among others, the right Buchtarma . Big cities on the reservoir are Syrianovsk and Saissan .

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