Kremenchuk Reservoir

Water reservoir on the Dnieper River in Ukraine

Kremenchuk Reservoir

Kremenchuk Reservoir

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Kremenchuk Reservoir

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Location| Poltava, Cherkasy, and Kirovohrad Oblasts, Ukraine
Coordinates| 49°16′N 32°38′E﻿ / ﻿49.267°N 32.633°E﻿ / 49.267; 32.633
Type| Hydroelectric reservoir
Primary inflows| Dnieper River
Primary outflows| Dnieper River
Basin countries| Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine
Max. length| 149 km (93 mi)
Max. width| 28 km (17 mi)
Surface area| 2,250 km2 (870 sq mi)
Water volume| 13.5 km3 (10,900,000 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation| 77 m (253 ft)
Islands| numerous
Settlements| Kaniv, Cherkasy, Chyhyryn, Svitlovodsk

The Kremenchuk Reservoir (Ukrainian: Кременчуцьке водосховище, romanized: Kremenchutske vodoskhovyshche) is a reservoir on the Dnieper river in the Ukrainian oblasts of Poltava, Cherkasy, and Kirovohrad, one of five of Dnieper reservoir cascade. Named after the city of Kremenchuk, the reservoir is primarily used for irrigation, flood control, fishing, and transport from the ports of Cherkasy and Svitlovodsk. It is the largest reservoir on the Dnieper river, with a length of 149 km, a width of 28 km, an area of 2,250 km2, an average depth of six meters, and a volume of 13.5 km3.

The reservoir's water level is maintained by the dam of the Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant, built between 1954 and 1959. Its filling resulted in the submersion of 23 populated places in the Novoheorhiivsk Raion, including Kryliv and Novoheorhiivsk.[1] The Sula River flows into the reservoir, forming a delta with numerous islands.

## See also

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* Threat of the Dnieper reservoirs

## References

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1. ^ Orel, S. Kremenchuk Sea of Ukrainian tragedy (Кременчугское море украинского горя). Argument (from Mirror Weekly). 28 January 2018

## External links

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* 1:100,000 topographic map, showing the dam that creates the reservoir (in Russian)

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Dnieper River

Tributaries1|

* Bazavluk
* Berezina
* Bilozerka
* Desna
* Drut
* Inhulets
* Irpin
* Konka (Kherson)
* Konka (Zaporizhzhia)
* Oril
* Pripyat
* Psel
* Rohachyk
* Ros
* Samara
* Sozh
* Stuhna
* Sula
* Supii
* Teteriv
* Tiasmyn
* Trubizh
* Vorskla
* Zolotonoshka

Reservoirs|

* Dnieper
* Kakhovka
* Kamianske
* Kaniv
* Kremenchuk
* Kyiv

Hydroelectric
stations|

* Dnieper
* Kakhovka
* Kaniv
* Kyiv HPP
* Kyiv PSP
* Kremenchuk
* Middle Dnieper

Canals|

* Dnipro – Donbas
* Dnipro – Inhulets
* Dnipro – Kryvyi Rih
* Kakhovka
* North Crimean

Cities|

* Cherkasy
* Dnipro
* Dorogobuzh
* Kyiv
* Mogilev
* Smolensk

Crossings|

* in Ukraine

* 1 Italics indicate left tributaries

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* Israel

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