Aktyubinsk Reservoir (popularly: “Aktyubinsk Sea” , Kaz. Aqtòbe bògeni ) - a reservoir located along the Ilek riverbed.
| Aktobe reservoir | |
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| kaz Aqtòbe bògeni | |
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| Morphometry | |
| Volume | 0.245 km³ |
| Specifications | |
| Year of filling | 1988 |
| Pool | |
| Flowing stream | Ilek |
| Flowing stream | Ilek |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Region | Aktobe region |
Aktobe reservoir was commissioned in 1988, the design irrigation area is 472 hectares [1] . The reservoir is one of three artificial reservoirs near Aktobe and is located 10 km south-east of the city. Others - Sazdinskoe and Kargalinskoe - are located to the southwest and northeast, respectively. The reservoir volume is 245 million m³ (280 million m³ in Kargaly, 6 million m³ in Sazdinsky) [2] .
The Aktobe reservoir is inhabited by carp , bream , river perch , ide , pike perch , ripus , roach and crucian carp [1] . In 2012, 2 million ripus fry were released from the Kostanay region in the reservoir [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Almira Alishbaeva. Because of the spring heat, the Kargaly reservoir was not even half full // Range. - 04.24.2013.
- ↑ Aygүl Zhұbanysh. Su: Koyma, bөget, zhaylym (Kazakh) // Aқtөbe.
- ↑ Nikolay Syrbov. Two million ripus released into Aktobe Sea // Range. - 02.05.2012.