Kyiv Reservoir

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artificial lake reservoir water body

The Kyiv Reservoir is a large artificial lake in northern Ukraine created by damming the Dnieper River, serving hydroelectric, water supply, and flood control purposes for the Kyiv region.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kyiv Reservoir canonical 3
Kyiv Reservoir dam 1
Kyiv Reservoir shoreline 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial lake ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ
water body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kyiv Sea ⓘ
averageDepth 4 m ⓘ
basinCountry Ukraine ⓘ
constructionBegan 1960 ⓘ
country Ukraine ⓘ
createdBy Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant ⓘ
surface form: Kyiv Hydroelectric Dam
elevationAboveSeaLevel 103 m ⓘ
hasDamType earth-fill dam ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue sedimentation ⓘ
shoreline erosion ⓘ
water quality concerns ⓘ
hasPart Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant ⓘ
hasShoreLength over 400 km ⓘ
inflow Dnieper ⓘ
surface form: Dnieper River
length 110 km ⓘ
locatedDownstreamOf Chernobyl Exclusion Zone ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Ukraine ⓘ
surface form: northern Ukraine
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Chernihiv region ⓘ
surface form: Chernihiv Oblast

Kyiv Oblast ⓘ
locatedNear Kyiv ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Kyiv ⓘ
surface form: Kyiv city center
locatedOnRiver Dnieper ⓘ
surface form: Dnieper River
maximumDepth 15 m ⓘ
maximumWidth 12 km ⓘ
opened 1964 ⓘ
operator Ukrhydroenergo ⓘ
outflow Dnieper ⓘ
surface form: Dnieper River
partOf Dnieper Reservoir cascade ⓘ
partOfHydropowerSystem Dnieper Reservoir cascade ⓘ
surface form: Dnieper Hydroelectric System
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
navigation regulation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
regionServed Kyiv ⓘ
surface form: Kyiv metropolitan area

central Ukraine ⓘ
risk flooding of downstream areas in case of dam failure ⓘ
radioactive sediment redistribution from Chernobyl-affected areas ⓘ
surfaceArea 922 km² ⓘ
usedFor boating ⓘ
commercial fishing ⓘ
cooling water for industrial facilities ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ
water transport ⓘ
watercourseDammed Dnieper ⓘ
surface form: Dnieper River
waterVolume 3.7 km³ ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dnieper → hasReservoir → Kyiv Reservoir ⓘ
Kaniv Reservoir → locatedDownstreamOf → Kyiv Reservoir ⓘ
Teteriv River → passesNear → Kyiv Reservoir ⓘ
Vyshhorod → hasLandmark → Kyiv Reservoir ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kyiv Reservoir shoreline
Vyshhorod → hasNearbyFacility → Kyiv Reservoir ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kyiv Reservoir dam