Primary inflows Max. length 240 km (150 mi) Length 240 km Area 2,155 km² Volume 18.2 km³ | Primary outflows Dnieper River Max. width 23 km (14 mi) Surface elevation 44 m Width 23 km Outflow location Dnieper | |
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Type Hydroelectric reservoir Basin countries Russia, Belarus, Ukraine | ||
The Kakhovka Reservoir (Ukrainian: Каховське водосховище, Kakhovs’ke vodoskhovyshche) is a water reservoir located on the Dnieper River.
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Map of Kakhovka Reservoir, Ukraine
The reservoir was created in 1956 when the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant was built.
Geography
It covers a total surface area of 2,155 square kilometres in the territories of the Kherson, Zaporizhia, and the Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts of Ukraine.
The reservoir is 240 km long, up to 23 km wide, and has an average depth of 8.4 meters (with depth varying from 3 to 26 m). The total water volume is 18.2 km³. It is mainly used to supply hydroelectric stations, the Krasnoznamianka Irrigation System and the Kakhovka Irrigation System, industrial plants, freshwater fish farms, the North Crimean Canal and the Dnieper–Kryvyi Rih Canal. With its creation, it has created a deep-water route, allowing deep-sea ships to sail up the Dnieper.