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]
kremenchuk, reservoir, ukrainian, Кременчуцьке, водосховище, kremenchuts, vodoskhovyshche, largest, water, reservoir, located, dnieper, river, named, city, kremenchuk, covers, total, area, square, kilometres, territories, poltava, cherkasy, kirovohrad, oblasts. The Kremenchuk Reservoir Ukrainian Kremenchucke vodoshovishe 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 Kremenchuk ReservoirKremenchuk ReservoirShow map of Poltava OblastKremenchuk ReservoirShow map of UkraineLocationPoltava Cherkasy and Kirovohrad Oblasts UkraineCoordinates49 16 N 32 38 E 49 267 N 32 633 E 49 267 32 633 Coordinates 49 16 N 32 38 E 49 267 N 32 633 E 49 267 32 633TypeHydroelectric reservoirPrimary inflowsDnieper RiverPrimary outflowsDnieper RiverBasin countriesRussia Belarus UkraineMax length149 km 93 mi Max width28 km 17 mi Surface area2 250 km2 870 sq mi Water volume13 5 km3 10 900 000 acre ft Surface elevation77 m 253 ft Map of the Kremenchuk Reservoir The reservoir is 149 km long 28 km wide and has an average depth of six meters The total water volume is 13 5 km 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 See also EditThreat of the Dnieper reservoirsReferences Edit Orel S Kremenchuk Sea of Ukrainian tragedy Kremenchugskoe more ukrainskogo gorya Argument from Mirror Weekly 28 January 2018External links Edit1 100 000 topographic map showing the dam that creates the reservoir in Russian This article relating to Ukraine is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kremenchuk Reservoir amp oldid 1129194611, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
