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The Dnieper Reservoir (Ukrainian: Дніпровське водосховище, Dniprovs'ke vodoskhovyshche) is a reservoir on the Dnieper river in Ukrainian oblasts of Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia. The reservoir's water level is maintained by the dam of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station, built in Zaporizhzhia from 1927 to 1932.
- 8 m (26 ft)
- 3.3 km³ (2,700,000 acre⋅ft)
- 53 m (174 ft)
The Dnieper reservoir cascade or Dnieper cascade of hydroelectric power stations ( Ukrainian: Дніпровський каскад ГЕС) is a series of dams, reservoirs and hydroelectric power stations on the Dnieper river in Ukraine. It was created to prevent uncontrolled flooding [1] and improve water transportation infrastructure.
Feb 5, 2024 · A Post photographer traveled the length of the Dnieper River, from Kyiv to Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. Story and photos by Ed Ram for The Washington Post. Feb. 5 at 4:00 a.m. Angular shards of ice ...
- Washington Post Staff
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Nov 26, 2021 · The Dnieper Reservoir cascade (Fig 21) is the name given to the systems of reservoirs within the middle and lower Dnieper in Ukraine [25]. These reservoirs were formed because of the 6 hydroelectric dams on the river: Kyiv, Kaniv, Kremenchuk, Kamianske, Dniepro, and Kakhovka. They were constructed between 1958 and 1973.
Jul 27, 2023 · The receding water in the reservoir -- a long, broad stretch of the Dnieper -- uncovered the territory of Velykiy Luh, where the Zaporizhian Cossacks built at least eight fortified settlements ...
- Aleksander Palikot
Jun 6, 2023 · The Nova Kakhovka dam, a decades-old, Soviet-era hydroelectric facility spanning the mighty Dnieper River in southern Ukraine, was breached sometime overnight on June 6. The breach sent torrents ...
2 days ago · The Dnieper Rapids, which for centuries prevented continuous navigation, were once located there. The rapids were flooded by the backwaters of the Dnieper hydroelectric power station dam, above Zaporizhzhya, which raised the level of the river by 130 feet, backed its waters up to Dnipropetrovsk, and formed the Dnieper Reservoir.
