Rybinsk Reservoir

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artificial lake reservoir

Rybinsk Reservoir is a large artificial lake in Russia, created by damming the Volga and several tributaries, and is one of the country’s largest and historically most significant reservoirs.

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artificial lake → reservoir →
alsoKnownAs	Rybinskoye Reservoir → Rybinskoye Vodokhranilishche →
averageDepth	approximately 5–6 metres →
basinCountry	Russia →
climateZone	humid continental climate →
completionDate	1947 →
constructionStartDate	1935 →
country	Russia →
createdBy	damming of the Volga and its tributaries →
fillingStartDate	1941 →
formedBy	Rybinsk Dam → Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station →
freezingPeriod	typically freezes in winter →
hasShorelineCity	Cherepovets → Myshkin →
historicalSignificance	led to submergence of the town of Mologa → one of the first and largest reservoirs built in the Soviet Union → required resettlement of many villages →
inflow	Mologa River → Sheksna River → Volga River →
locatedIn	Tver Oblast NERFINISHED → Vologda Oblast NERFINISHED → Yaroslavl Oblast NERFINISHED →
locatedInDrainageBasin	Caspian Sea basin →
locatedInRegion	European Russia →
locatedOnRiver	Mologa River → Sheksna River → Sogozha River → Volga River →
maximumDepth	approximately 30 metres →
namedAfter	Rybinsk →
nearestCity	Rybinsk →
operator	Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station operator (Russia) →
outflow	Volga River →
partOf	Volga River system → Volga–Kama cascade of reservoirs →
rankInRussiaByArea	one of the largest reservoirs in Russia →
surfaceArea	approximately 4,500 square kilometres →
usedFor	fisheries → flood control → hydroelectric power generation → navigation → water supply →
waterVolume	approximately 25 cubic kilometres →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rybinsk Reservoir ("Rybinskoye Reservoir") → Rybinsk Reservoir ("Rybinskoye Vodokhranilishche") →	alsoKnownAs
Rybinsk Reservoir ("Rybinsk Dam") →	formedBy
Gorky Reservoir →	locatedDownstreamOf
Volga River →	majorReservoir