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The reservoir's water level is maintained by the dam of the Volga Hydroelectric Station, built from 1958 to 1961. Named after the city of Volgograd , the reservoir has an area of 3,117 km 2 , volume of 31,5 km 3 , length of 540 km, maximum width of 17 km, and average depth of 10.1 m.
Map of the Rybinsk Reservoir basin. Rybinsk Reservoir (Russian: Рыбинское водохранилище, romanized: Rybinskoye vodokhranilishche, IPA: [ˈrɨbʲɪnskəɪ vədəxrɐˈnʲilʲɪɕə]), informally called the Rybinsk Sea, is a water reservoir on the Volga River and its tributaries the Sheksna and Mologa, formed by Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station dam, located in the Tver ...
The station covers peaks of electricity demand of central Russia. The reservoir is used for annual discharge regulation, boosting energy production on lower hydroelectric stations on the Volga. The reservoir is used for navigation ( it is the lowest stage of Volga–Baltic Waterway) and flood control.
The other major effect of the dam is that it formed one of the largest reservoirs, which amounts for a behemoth volume 31.5 cubic kilometres of water and stretches 540 km long, and up to 17 km wide with a massive 3,117 square kilometre surface area. As a result, numerous settlements and fertile lands were lost.
For instance, the town of Mologa was flooded for the purpose of constructing the Rybinsk Reservoir (then the largest artificial lake in the world). The construction of the Uglich Reservoir caused the flooding of several monasteries with buildings dating from the 15th and 16th centuries. In such cases the ecological and cultural damage often ...
The following terms are used in connection with the volume of reservoirs: Nominal volume Capacity The total volume of all water held behind a dam at the maximum level possible. Initial volume Design volume The possible volume within the reservoir after it first opens. Many rivers are high in silt that over time deposits behind a dam reducing ...
In 2016, the core of Astravets Nuclear Power Plant, VVER-1200, which was 330 tonnes, 13 metres (43 ft) high, and 4.5 metres (15 ft) in diameter, was transferred to the plant via the Tsimlyansk Reservoir, the Volga–Don Canal, the Volga–Baltic Waterway, the Volkhov River and a special rail car. [6] [7]
The Agstafacay reservoir is a large reservoir in the Agstafa region of northwestern Azerbaijan. The Agstafacay reservoir was built on the Agstafa river in 1969 near the village of Jafarli in the Qazakh district. The reservoir area is 6.3 km 2. The total volume of the reservoir is 120 million m 3. The height of the hydroelectric plant built on ...