Cheboksarsk reservoir
| Cheboksarsk reservoir Чебоксарское водохранилище |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 18 '0 " N , 46 ° 42' 53" E | ||||||||
| Data on the structure | |||||||||
| Lock type: | dam | ||||||||
| Construction time: | 1982 | ||||||||
| Height of the barrier structure : | 42 m | ||||||||
| Building volume: | 8.35 million m³ | ||||||||
| Crown length: | 3497 (980) m | ||||||||
| Power plant output: | 1 404 MW | ||||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||||
| Water surface | 2274 (2190) km² | ||||||||
| Reservoir length | 341 km | ||||||||
| Storage space | 13,800 million m³ | ||||||||
| Catchment area | 604 000 km² | ||||||||
| Design flood : | 50 000 m³ / s | ||||||||
The Cheboksarsk Reservoir ( Russian Чебоксарское водохранилище / Cheboksarskoje Vodochranilishche ) is a reservoir on the Volga in the European part of Russia . It belongs to the so-called Volga-Kama cascade .
The reservoir extends on the central reaches of the Volga for about 100 km above Novocheboksarsk . The Wetluga from the north and the Sura from the south flow into the reservoir, which has an area of 2,274 km² and 13.8 billion m³ of storage space . The largest city on the Cheboksarsk reservoir is - next to Cheboksary , the capital of the Chuvash Republic - Kosmodemyansk .
A weir system for flood relief and a two-chamber lock with a maximum lifting height of 18 m for shipping have been integrated into the earth embankment dam ( ⊙ ). In the 570 m long and 70 m wide power plant building, 18 turbines operate with a total output of 1,404 MW.
The "Vyatka" highway leads from Cheboksary to Kirov over the dam .
See also
- List of the largest dams on earth
- List of the largest reservoirs on earth
- List of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world
- List of dams in the world
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article Cheboksarsk Reservoir in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
