The reservoir, together with the Volga–Don Canal and the lower course of the Don, provides an important waterway between the Volga River / Caspian Sea basin and the Sea of Azov. The Tsimlyansk Dam also provides flood control for the lower Don River basin.
Completion of the lake resulted in strong local industrial growth. In particular, the city of Volgodonsk owes its existence to the Tsimlyansk Dam project.
Under the waters lies the ancient Khazar fortress town of Sarkel.
Navigationedit
Along with the Volga–Don Canal, the reservoir forms part of a waterway for the shipping of raw materials from the upper Don and Volga–Caspian basins to the lower Don River – Sea of Azov basin and vice versa. According to the federal agency responsible for the maintenance of this waterway (Федеральное Государственное Учреждение "Волго-Донское ГБУВПиС"), guaranteed depth of the main navigable waterway through the reservoir in the navigation season of 2007 was to be maintained at no less than 3.6 meters, with the width of the navigable waterway no less than 50 meters. It was to be available for navigation for 233 days, from April 5 to November 23, 2007.[2]
To descend from the reservoir to the lower Don, ships have to pass two ship locks: the lock in the Tsimlyansky Dam itself (47°33′05″N42°08′06″E / 47.55139°N 42.13500°E / 47.55139; 42.13500), known as Lock No. 14, followed by Lock No. 15 (47°33′17″N42°06′42″E / 47.55472°N 42.11167°E / 47.55472; 42.11167) a couple of kilometers farther west. The locks are assigned these numbers because they are considered part of the same sequence of locks as the 13 locks on the Volga–Don Canal itself. During the navigation seasons of 2008 through 2010, the two locks are scheduled to operate from April 2 through December 8.[3]
^National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2008-01-26 at the Wayback Machine
^Программа категорий средств навигационного оборудования и сроков их работы, гарантированных габаритов судовых ходов в навигацию 2007 года по федеральному государственному учреждению "Волго-Донское ГБУВПиС" 2009-06-05 at the Wayback Machine(in Russian)
^Сроки работы шлюзов[permanent dead link] (Lock operation periods), from the site of the Russian Shipping Companies' Association. (in Russian)
January 01, 1970
tsimlyansk, reservoir, tsimlyanskoye, reservoir, Цимля, нское, водохрани, лище, artificial, lake, river, territories, rostov, volgograd, oblasts, completed, 1952, reservoir, largest, russia, providing, power, tsimlyansk, hydroelectric, station, irrigation, ros. Tsimlyansk Reservoir or Tsimlyanskoye Reservoir Cimlya nskoe vodohrani lishe is an artificial lake on the Don River in the territories of Rostov and Volgograd Oblasts at 47 50 N 42 50 E 47 833 N 42 833 E 47 833 42 833 Completed in 1952 the reservoir is one of the largest in Russia 1 providing power Tsimlyansk Hydroelectric Station ru and irrigation to the Rostov and Volgograd regions Crops grown around the lake include wheat rice cotton maize alfalfa fruit grapes and vegetables Tsimlyansk ReservoirFrom space October 1994 STS 68 Tsimlyansk ReservoirShow map of Rostov OblastTsimlyansk ReservoirShow map of Volgograd OblastTsimlyansk ReservoirShow map of European RussiaTsimlyansk ReservoirShow map of RussiaCoordinates47 50 N 42 50 E 47 833 N 42 833 E 47 833 42 833TypereservoirPrimary inflowsDon RiverPrimary outflowsDon RiverBasin countriesRussia The reservoir together with the Volga Don Canal and the lower course of the Don provides an important waterway between the Volga River Caspian Sea basin and the Sea of Azov The Tsimlyansk Dam also provides flood control for the lower Don River basin Completion of the lake resulted in strong local industrial growth In particular the city of Volgodonsk owes its existence to the Tsimlyansk Dam project Under the waters lies the ancient Khazar fortress town of Sarkel Navigation editAlong with the Volga Don Canal the reservoir forms part of a waterway for the shipping of raw materials from the upper Don and Volga Caspian basins to the lower Don River Sea of Azov basin and vice versa According to the federal agency responsible for the maintenance of this waterway Federalnoe Gosudarstvennoe Uchrezhdenie Volgo Donskoe GBUVPiS guaranteed depth of the main navigable waterway through the reservoir in the navigation season of 2007 was to be maintained at no less than 3 6 meters with the width of the navigable waterway no less than 50 meters It was to be available for navigation for 233 days from April 5 to November 23 2007 2 To descend from the reservoir to the lower Don ships have to pass two ship locks the lock in the Tsimlyansky Dam itself 47 33 05 N 42 08 06 E 47 55139 N 42 13500 E 47 55139 42 13500 known as Lock No 14 followed by Lock No 15 47 33 17 N 42 06 42 E 47 55472 N 42 11167 E 47 55472 42 11167 a couple of kilometers farther west The locks are assigned these numbers because they are considered part of the same sequence of locks as the 13 locks on the Volga Don Canal itself During the navigation seasons of 2008 through 2010 the two locks are scheduled to operate from April 2 through December 8 3 See also editVolga Don Canal SarkelReferences edit National Aeronautics and Space Administration Archived 2008 01 26 at the Wayback Machine Programma kategorij sredstv navigacionnogo oborudovaniya i srokov ih raboty garantirovannyh gabaritov sudovyh hodov v navigaciyu 2007 goda po federalnomu gosudarstvennomu uchrezhdeniyu Volgo Donskoe GBUVPiS Archived 2009 06 05 at the Wayback Machine in Russian Sroki raboty shlyuzov permanent dead link Lock operation periods from the site of the Russian Shipping Companies Association in Russian Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tsimlyansk Reservoir amp oldid 1217370268, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
