Kakhovka Reservoir

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Kakhovka Reservoir is a large artificial lake on the lower Dnieper River in southern Ukraine, created by the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant dam and used for irrigation, water supply, and power generation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial lake
reservoir
averageDepth approximately 8 metres
basinCountry Ukraine
constructionCompleted 1956
country Ukraine
createdBy Kakhovka Dam
Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant dam
createdFor Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant
linked to: Kakhovka Reservoir
dateOfMajorDrainageEvent June 2023
formedByDamOn Dnieper River at Nova Kakhovka
linked to: Dnipro Reservoir
hasAlternativeName Kakhovske Reservoir
hasAlternativeTransliteration Kakhovske Vodoskhovyshche
linked to: Kakhovske Reservoir
hasEconomicImportanceFor agriculture in southern Ukraine
energy sector of Ukraine
hasEnvironmentalImpactOn lower Dnieper River ecosystem
hasFunction regulation of Dnieper River flow
isDownstreamOf Dniprodzerzhynsk Reservoir
linked to: Dnipro Reservoir

Kremenchuk Reservoir
isUpstreamOf Dnieper estuary
length approximately 240 kilometres
locatedIn southern Ukraine
linked to: Southern Ukraine
locatedInConflictZone Russo-Ukrainian War
locatedInCountryAtTimeOfConstruction Soviet Union
locatedInOblast Kherson Oblast
Zaporizhzhia Oblast
locatedNearCity Enerhodar
linked to: Energodar

Nova Kakhovka
locatedOnRiver Dnieper River
linked to: Dnieper
locatedOnRiverSection lower Dnieper River
maximumDepth approximately 26 metres
maximumWidth approximately 23 kilometres
partOf Dnieper reservoirs cascade
primaryInflows Dnieper River
linked to: Dnieper
primaryOutflows Dnieper River
linked to: Dnieper
purpose hydroelectric power generation
irrigation
water supply
suppliesCoolingWaterTo Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
suppliesWaterTo Kakhovka irrigation systems
North Crimean Canal
industrial facilities in southern Ukraine
surfaceArea approximately 2155 square kilometres
totalCapacity approximately 18 cubic kilometres
usedFor fisheries
navigation
wasSignificantlyDrainedAfterEvent destruction of Kakhovka Dam in June 2023
watercourse Dnieper River
linked to: Dnieper

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Dnieper hasReservoir Kakhovka Reservoir
destruction of Kakhovka Dam relatedTo Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant
linked to: Kakhovka Reservoir
destruction of Kakhovka Dam relatedTo Kakhovka Reservoir
Kherson Oblast borderedBy Kakhovka Reservoir
Kherson Oblast contains Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant
linked to: Kakhovka Reservoir
Zaporizhzhia Oblast contains Kakhovka Reservoir (northern shore before its destruction)
linked to: Kakhovka Reservoir
Dnipro Reservoir locatedUpstreamOf Kakhovka Reservoir
Kakhovka Reservoir createdFor Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant
linked to: Kakhovka Reservoir
Nikopol locatedNear Kakhovka Reservoir (Dnieper)
linked to: Kakhovka Reservoir