The Kremenchug Reservoir ( ukr. Kremenchutsk Water Conservancy ) is one of six large reservoirs on the Dnieper River , located in central Ukraine . Cherkasy , Kirovograd and Poltava region are adjacent to it. The rivers Sula , Ros and Tyasmin flow into it.
| Kremenchug Reservoir | |
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| ukr Kremenchutsk Water Treatment | |
 Satellite image of the Kremenchug reservoir | |
| Morphometry | |
| Dimensions | 149 × 28 km |
| Square | 2252 km² |
| Volume | 13.5 km³ |
| Deepest | 28 m |
| Pool | |
| Flowing stream | Dnieper |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Areas | Cherkasy region , Kirovograd region , Poltava region |
Description
The Kremenchug reservoir covers an area of 2,252 km² and contains about 13.5 km³ of water. Its length is 149 km with a maximum width of 28 km. The greatest depth of the reservoir is 28 m. The average depth is 6 m. It is the largest reservoir in the area in Ukraine [1] . It is of great importance for fisheries , besides on its banks there are large fish breeding enterprises.
The dam of the lake, built between 1959 and 1961, is located 15 km west of Kremenchug , near Svetlovodsk , where the large Kremenchug hydroelectric station is located. On the top of the dam passes the highway and the railway.
The reservoir is a place for recreation and fishing [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Kravchuk P. А. Records of nature. - L .: Erudite, 1993. - 216 p. - 60 000 copies - ISBN 5-7707-2044-1 .
- ↑ Kremenchug reservoir on the site of “Tsar's Fishing”