The Cheboksary reservoir is one of the reservoirs of the Volga-Kama cascade , located on the Volga River , in the territories of the Chuvash Republic , the Republic of Mari El and the Nizhny Novgorod Region . The volume of water - 13.85 km³. Area 2190 km², length 341 km, maximum width 16 km, depth up to 21 m [1] . The catchment area is 604,000 km².
| Cheboksary reservoir | |
|---|---|
| Chuvash. Shupashkar shyvupravĕ , mountains-mar. Shyvashar vdaralymvӓr | |
| Morphometry | |
| Dimensions | 341 × 16 km |
| Square | 2190 km² |
| Volume | 13.85 km³ |
| Deepest | 21 m |
| Average depth | 6 m |
| Specifications | |
| Transparency | 1m |
| Year of filling | 1980 |
| Pool | |
| Pool area | 604,000 km² |
| Flowing streams | Oka , Kerzhenets , Sura , Vetluga |
| Flowing stream | Volga |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Subjects of the Russian Federation | Mari El , Nizhny Novgorod Region , Chuvashia |
Formed by the dam of the Cheboksary hydroelectric power station , located in the city of Novocheboksarsk (Chuvash Republic). Filled in 1980-1982.
Large bays along the valleys of the rivers Kerzhenets , Sura , Vetluga . On the Cheboksary reservoir - the city of Nizhny Novgorod , Kozmodemyansk , Cheboksary . Motor ship routes Moscow - Astrakhan , Moscow - Rostov-on-Don , Moscow - Perm , etc. pass through the reservoir .
The ancient Russian village Korotni got into the flooding zone of the reservoir.
According to the state water register of Russia belongs to the Upper Volga basin district [2] .
Water Registry Data
The object code in the state water register is 08010400312112100000019 [2] .
See also
- Cheboksary HPP - The problem of raising the level of the reservoir
- Engineering protection of the Cheboksary reservoir
Notes
- ↑ Cheboksary Reservoir
- ↑ 1 2 State Water Register of the Russian Federation: Cheboksary Reservoir . Archived February 12, 2012.