Dniprodzerzhynsk Reservoir

Dniprodzerzhynsk Reservoir
Landsat satellite photo
Location	Kamianske (to the south), Poltava, Kirovohrad and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts, Ukraine
Coordinates	48°48′N 34°06′E / 48.800°N 34.100°E / 48.800; 34.100Coordinates: 48°48′N 34°06′E / 48.800°N 34.100°E / 48.800; 34.100
Type	Hydroelectric reservoir
Primary inflows	Dnieper River
Primary outflows	Dnieper River
Catchment area	567 km2
Basin countries	Russia, Belarus, Ukraine

Max. length	114 km
Max. width	8 km
Surface area	567 km²
Max. depth	15 m
Water volume	2.45 km³
Surface elevation	104 m

The Dniprodzerzhynsk Reservoir (Ukrainian: Дніпродзержинське водосховище, Dniprodzerzhyns'ke vodoskhovyshche) is a water reservoir located on the lower part of the Dnieper River in Ukraine. Named after the former name of the city of Kamianske (on 19 May 2016 the Ukrainian parliament voted to rename the city of Dniprodzerzhynsk into Kamianske to comply with decommunization laws^[1]), it covers a total area of 567 square kilometres within the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. It was formed in 1963-1965. The reservoir is mainly used for generating hydroelectric power, transportation, fish farming, and human consumption

Map of the Dniprodzerzhynsk Reservoir with the former name of Kamianske

The reservoir is 114 km in length, 5 km in width (8 km max.); has a depth of 15 meters, and a volume of 2.45 km³. During winter, the reservoir freezes over.

The ports of Kremenchuk and the Dnieper Mineral Enrichment Complex in Horishni Plavni are located on the reservoir. The Dniprodzerzhynsk Hydroelectric Station, constructed during 1956–1965, is also located on the reservoir.

Dnieper River

Tributaries¹	Drut Berezina Sozh Pripyat Horyn Sluch Ubort Teteriv Irpin Desna Stuhna Trubizh Ros Tiasmyn Supiy Sula Pslo Vorskla Samara Konka Bilozerka Bazavluk Inhulets Zolotonoshka River

Reservoirs	Chernobyl Reservoir Dnieper Dniprodzerzhynsk Kakhovka Kaniv Kiev Kremenchuk

Hydroelectric stations	Dnieper Dniprodzerzhynsk Kakhovka Kaniv Kiev HPP Kiev PSP Kremenchuk

Canals	North Crimean Dnieper - Donbas Main Kakhovka Magistrale Dnieper - Kryvyi Rih Dnieper - Inhulets

Cities	Dorogobuzh Smolensk Mahilyow Kiev Cherkasy Dnipropetrovsk

¹ Italics indicate left tributaries

References

↑ "Рада перейменувала Дніпродзержинськ на Кам'янське" (in Ukrainian). Українські Національні Новини. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes, Interfax-Ukraine. 15 May 20
Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols, BBC News (14 April 2015)

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