Reservoirs in Ukraine

Reservoirs in Ukraine are primarily used to generate electricity through hydropower , but they also serve as excursion destinations, drinking and process water reservoirs . The power plants are operated jointly and are known under the term "Gidro-Elektro-Stancija". In 1925, the GOELRO plan began building the dams in Zaporizhia . The GOELRO plan was passed in 1920 and thus laid down the long-term power supply plans originally for Soviet Russia, later the USSR , and thus also for the Ukrainian SSR .

Reservoirs on the Dnieper

Kiev Reservoir

The Dnepr is the largest river in the country and connects the main reservoirs of Ukraine . There are six of the largest reservoirs on the Dnieper .

Downstream these are:

• Kiev Reservoir (922 km² 3.73 km³)
• Kaniwer reservoir (582 km², 2.62 km³)
• Kremenchuk reservoir (2,252 km², 13.5 km³)
• Kamjansk Reservoir (567 km², 2.45 km³)
• Saporischja Reservoir or Reservoir of Saporischja (410 km²)
• Kachowka Reservoir (2,155 km²; 18.2 km³)

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  Kamjansk Reservoir

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  Kremenchuk reservoir

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  Kachowka Reservoir

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  Kiev Sea (reservoir)

Reservoirs on the Southern Bug

The largest of the total of 13 reservoirs on the Southern Bug is located near Ladytschyn ( Ladytschyn reservoir ). The dam of this lake was completed in 1964. It has an area of ​​20.8 km². Its volume is around 0.15 km³ of water at high water levels.

The fish stocks are of economic importance, especially pike and pikeperch.

The Bug does not play a role as a transport route due to the rapids in the middle reaches and the relatively low water level that fluctuates over the year.

Reservoirs on Siversky Donets

The Pechenihy reservoir near Pechenihy has existed since 1962. It serves as a water supply for the city of Kharkiv . The lake in the Kharkiv Oblast is fed by the Siversky Donets . The Petschenihy reservoir has an area of ​​86.2 km².

More reservoirs

• Khrystoforivka reservoir in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, fed by the Bokovenka
• Dniester reservoir
• Reservoirs of the Dniester pumped storage power plant
• Iskriwka reservoir in the Kirovohrad Oblast, fed by the Inhulez
• Karachunivka reservoir in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, fed by the Inhulets
• Ladyschyn Reservoir in Vinnytsia Oblast, fed by the Southern Bug
• Makorty reservoir in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, fed by the Saksahan
• Oskilsk Reservoir is located near Oskil in Kharkiv Oblast and has a size of 122.6 km². He is fed by the Oskil .

Individual evidence

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