Saratov reservoir
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 49 '10 " N , 48 ° 26' 55" E | ||||||
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| Construction time: | until 1967/68 | ||||||
| Height of the barrier structure : | 40 m | ||||||
| Building volume: | 6th 060 000 m³ | ||||||
| Crown length: | 1 260 m | ||||||
| Power plant output: | 1 360 MW | ||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||
| Water surface | 1 831 km² | ||||||
| Reservoir length | 230 km | ||||||
| Storage space | 12 900 000 000 m³ | ||||||
The Saratov Reservoir is a reservoir on the Volga in the European part of Russia . It is part of the so-called Volga-Kama cascade and feeds the Saratov hydropower plant .
geography
The reservoir extends on the lower Volga for 230 km between Samara and the dam at Balakowo and is 1,831 km² in size with 12.9 billion m³ of storage space . This makes it one of the largest on earth. The barrier structure consists of a 14-kilometer-long earth wall and the actual dam made of reinforced concrete from the Saratow hydropower plant with a length of 1260 m and a height of up to 40 m.
After Samara , which is not far from where the river flows into the lake, Syzran is the largest city on the lake shore.
See also
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