Kremenchuk Reservoir

The Kremenchuk Reservoir (Ukrainian: Кременчуцьке водосховище, Kremenchuts’ke Vodoskhovyshche) is the largest water reservoir located on the Dnieper River. Named for the city of Kremenchuk, it covers a total area of 2,250 square kilometres in the territories of the Poltava, Cherkasy, and Kirovohrad Oblasts in central Ukraine.

Map of the Kremenchuk Reservoir.

Kremenchuk Reservoir
Location	Poltava, Cherkasy, and Kirovohrad Oblasts, Ukraine
Coordinates	49°16′N 32°38′E
Type	Hydroelectric reservoir
Primary inflows	Dnieper River
Primary outflows	Dnieper River
Basin countries	Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
Max. length	149 km (93 mi)
Max. width	28 km (17 mi)
Surface area	2,250 km^2 (870 sq mi)
Water volume	13.5 km^3 (10,900,000 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation	77 m (253 ft)

The reservoir is 149 km long, 28 km wide, and has an average depth of six meters. The total water volume is 13.5 km³. It is mainly used for irrigation, flood control, fishing, and transport within the area. The main ports located on the reservoir are Cherkasy, and Svitlovodsk (originally Khrushchev). The Sula River flows into the reservoir, forming a delta with numerous islands.

The reservoir was created in 1959 when the Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant was built. The body of water flooded the whole Novoheorhivsk Raion with 23 populated places ending up submerged including such historical places like Kryliv, Novoheorhivsk and others.[1]

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See also

• Threat of the Dnieper reservoirs

References

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

External links

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