Ust-Ilimsk reservoir
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Coordinates | 57 ° 49 ′ 41 ″ N , 102 ° 41 ′ 2 ″ E | ||||||
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Construction time: | -1977 | ||||||
Power plant output: | 3 840 MW | ||||||
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Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 296 m | ||||||
Water surface | 1 873 km² | ||||||
Ust-Ilimsk hydropower plant |
The Ust-Ilimsk reservoir ( Russian Усть-Илимское водохранилище ) is a reservoir on the Angara in Irkutsk Oblast , Siberia , Russia ( Asia ).
The reservoir is located in the south of the Central Siberian Mountains a few kilometers north or downstream of the town of Bratsk on the Angara and Bratsk reservoirs . Its barrier structure was built at the northern end of the Ust-Ilimsk reservoir near Ust-Ilimsk . It was an important part of the development of the Angara-Yenisei region.
The storage volume of the 1873 km² large Ust-Ilimsk reservoir, whose average depth is 31.7 m, comprises 59.30 km³. Its hydropower plant , which was completed in 1977 , has an output of 4,320 MW .
The Ilim is one of the tributaries of the Ust-Ilimsk reservoir, which is particularly fed by the Angara .
See also
literature
- A. Gorkin and others: Geografija Rossii: Enziklopeditscheski slowar . Bolschaja Rossijskaja enziklopedija, Moscow 1997, ISBN 5-85270-276-5 , p. 623. (Russian)