Kremenchuk reservoir

Kremenchuk reservoir
	Site plan of the Kremenchuk reservoir
Location:	Ukraine
Tributaries:	Sula , Tjasmyn , Dnepr
Drain:	Dnepr
Larger cities on the shore:	Cherkassy , Svitlovodsk
Major cities nearby:	Kremenchuk
	Ukraine
Coordinates	49 ° 13 ′ 21 ″ N , 32 ° 39 ′ 9 ″ E Coordinates: 49 ° 13 ′ 21 ″ N , 32 ° 39 ′ 9 ″ E
	Data on the structure
Construction time:	1959-1961
	Data on the reservoir
Water surface	2252 km²
Reservoir length	149 km
Reservoir width	28 km
Storage space	13.5 km³
	Landsat image of the reservoir

The Kremenchuk reservoir ( Ukrainian : Кременчуцьке водосховище ) is one of the six large Ukrainian reservoirs on the Dnieper .

The central Ukrainian oblasts of Cherkassy , Kirovohrad and Poltava border the reservoir .

The Kremenchuk reservoir covers an area of 2252 km² and contains about 13.5 km³ of water. Its length is 149 km with a maximum width of 28 km. At the deepest point the water has a depth of 28 m. It is of great importance for fishing . There are also large fish farms on the shore of the lake in the area of the Hlobyne Rajons .

The dam of the lake stands about 15 km west of the city of Kremenchuk near the city of Svitlovodsk . There is a large hydroelectric power station here . Territorial road T – 17–03 runs along the top of the dam. The dam was built between 1959 and 1961.

In the course of the damming of the Kremenchuk reservoir , many residents had to be resettled. a. flooded the city of Novoheorhiyivsk . Most of them moved into apartments in new settlements planned by the Soviet state on the banks of the dammed lake.

The Sula and Tjasmyn rivers flow into the reservoir .
Larger cities on the Kremenchuk reservoir are the Oblast capital Cherkassy and the city of Switlovodsk .