Kamjansk Reservoir

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Kamjansk Reservoir
Dnieper Dnepropetovsk Reservoir.png
Location: Kirovohrad , Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk , Ukraine
Tributaries: Dnepr , Vorskla , Samotkan
Drain: Dnepr , Dnieper-Donbass Canal
Larger cities on the shore: Horischni Plawni , Verkhnyodniprovsk
Major cities nearby: Kamjanske
Kamjansk Reservoir (Ukraine)
Kamjansk Reservoir
Coordinates 48 ° 48 '57 "  N , 34 ° 3' 25"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 48 '57 "  N , 34 ° 3' 25"  E
Data on the structure
Construction time: - 1964
Height of the barrier structure : 34 m
Building volume: 22nd 031 000  m³
Crown length: 35 642  m
Data on the reservoir
Water surface 567 km²
Reservoir length 114 km
Reservoir width 8 kilometers
Storage space 2 450 000 000  m³
Landsat Dniprodzerzhynsk Reservoir.JPG
Landsat image of the reservoir

The Kamjansk Reservoir ( Ukrainian Кам'янське водосховище , until November 8, 2017 Dniprodzerzhynsk Reservoir ) is one of the six large Ukrainian Dnepr Reservoirs .

The Ukrainian oblasts of Kirowohrad , Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk border the reservoir .

Dam wall

The Kamjansker reservoir covers 567 km² and comprises about 2.45 km³ of water. The length is 114 km with a maximum width of 8 km. At the deepest point the water has a depth of 16 m.

The barrier structure is a combination of a dam and a gravity dam . Their total length is more than 35 km, making it one of the longest dams on earth.

The dam of the lake is located west of the city Kamjanske (2016 Dniprodzerzhynsk ) which for Dniproer belongs metropolitan area. There is a large hydroelectric power station here . The dam was built in 1964.

In the course of the damming of the lake, many residents had to be relocated. Most people moved into apartments in new settlements planned by the Soviet state on the banks of the dammed lake.

The Worskla River flows into the reservoir .
Larger cities on the Dniprodzerzhynsk reservoir are the cities of Horischni Plawni and Verkhnyodniprovsk .

Web links

Commons : Kamjansk Reservoir  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See renamed to dt.ua ; accessed on November 8, 2017 (Ukrainian)

See also