Dnieper Reservoir

Dnieper Reservoir
Dnieper Reservoir
Location	Zaporizhzhia (to the south), Dnipro (to the north), Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts
Coordinates	48°08′09″N 35°07′43″E / 48.13583°N 35.12861°E / 48.13583; 35.12861
Type	Hydroelectric reservoir
Primary inflows	Dnieper River
Primary outflows	Dnieper River
Basin countries	Ukraine
Max. length	129 km (80 mi)
Average depth	8 m (26 ft)
Max. depth	53 m (174 ft)
Water volume	3.3 km3 (2,700,000 acre⋅ft)

The Dnieper Reservoir (Ukrainian: Дніпровське водосховище, Dniprovs'ke vodoskhovyshche) is a water reservoir on the Dnieper river in Ukraine that was created by construction of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station at Zaporizhzhia in 1932. The filling of the reservoir inundated the Dnieper Rapids.^[1] It is one of several reservoirs in the Dnieper reservoir cascade.

The reservoir is 129 km long and is located in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts. It stretches from the dam at Zaporizhzhia upstream to just below Dnipro city. It averages 3.2 km wide, and is 7 km at its widest. It is an average 8 meters deep and 53 meters at its deepest. The total water volume is 3.3 km³. The Samara Bay, stretching for approximately ten kilometers at the mouth of the Samara River, flows into the northern end of the reservoir.^[1]

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