Kakhovka Reservoir

Kakhovka Reservoir
Location	Kherson, Zaporizhia, and the Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts
Coordinates	47°28′N 34°10′E / 47.467°N 34.167°ECoordinates: 47°28′N 34°10′E / 47.467°N 34.167°E
Type	Hydroelectric reservoir
Primary inflows	Dnieper River
Primary outflows	Dnieper River
Basin countries	Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
Max. length	240 km
Max. width	23 km
Surface area	2,155 km²
Average depth	8.4 m
Max. depth	26 m
Water volume	18.2 km³
Surface elevation	44 m

The Kakhovka Reservoir (Ukrainian: Каховське водосховище, Kakhovs’ke vodoskhovyshche) is a water reservoir located on the Dnieper River. It covers a total surface area of 2,155 square kilometres in the territories of the Kherson, Zaporizhia, and the Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts of Ukraine. The reservoir was created in 1956 when the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant was built.

Map of the Kakhivka Reservoir

The reservoir is 240 km long, up to 23 km wide, and has an average depth of 8.4 meters (with depth varying from 3 to 26 m). The total water volume is 18.2 km³. It is mainly used to supply hydroelectric stations, the Krasnoznamianka Irrigation System and the Kakhivka Irrigation System, industrial plants, freshwater-fish farms, the North Crimean Canal and the Dnieper–Kryvyi Rih Canal. With its creation, it has created a deep-water route, allowing deep-sea ships to sail up the Dnieper.