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The reservoirs surface is a combination of
ice-covered and ice-free areas in this springtime
image.
Map of the Kyiv Reservoir.
The Kyiv Reservoir (Ukrainian: ,
Kyyivske vodoskhovyshche), locally the Kyiv Sea, is a large
water
reservoir located on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. Named after
the
city of Kyiv, which lies to the south, it covers a total area of
922
square kilometres within the Kyiv Oblast. The reservoir was
formed in 1960-1966, as a result of the Kiev Hydroelectric
PowerPlant dam being built at Vyshhorod. The reservoir is mainly
used
for hydroelectricity generation, industrial and public
consumption,
and irrigation.
The reservoir is 110 km in length, 12 km in width, has a depth
of
four to eight meters, a volume of 3.7 km, and a usable volume
of
1.2 km. The reservoir, together with the Kakhovka Reservoir,
the
Dnieper Reservoir, the Dniprodzerzhynsk Reservoir, the
Kremenchuk Reservoir, and the Kaniv Reservoir, has created a
deep-water route on the river. However, the construction has
also
contributed to significant environmental problems such as
the
diminished flow velocity which reduces water oxygenation,
and
has a negative result on the balance of aquatic life forms.
Also,
during its construction some nearby villages were flooded. One
of
these was Teremtsi, where the residents of the village
persuaded
Soviet authorities to let them stay, only to be evacuated later
in
1986.
Safety issues
Like all Dnieper reservoirs, Kyiv reservoir poses potential
threat
of tremendous flooding if its dam is destroyed. Moreover, it
contains additional major threat - after the Chernobyl
Nuclear
Disaster in 1986, radionuclides washed away by rains badly
contaminated the bottom silt of the reservoir. During the
years
following the disaster, there were suggestions to drain the
reservoir because it was too shallow. It appeared that, if done,
this
could have created the threat of the tremendous amounts of
radioactive dust travelling by wind, lethally affecting
Europe.
A similar threat is permanently discussed regarding the
potentialdestruction of the reservoir's dam (as a result of natural
accident or
terrorist damage). But the authorities continue to dismiss
such
dangers as unreal, claiming to be in full control of the
dam's
safety. However, serious concerns were raised in 2005, when
a
fake terrorist alert was made.
External links
Information about the reservoir[2]
http://web.archive.org/web/20091027014842/http://de.geocities.com/ecology_lab_kiev/basin/raw-water.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Terrorismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Europehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silthttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Radionuclideshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chernobyl_disasterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chernobyl_disasterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Damhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Floodinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Threat_of_the_Dnieper_reservoirshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Unionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Teremtsihttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaniv_Reservoirhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kremenchuk_Reservoirhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dniprodzerzhynsk_Reservoirhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dnieper_Reservoirhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kakhovka_Reservoirhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydroelectricityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vyshhorodhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kiev_Hydroelectric_Power_Planthttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kiev_Hydroelectric_Power_Planthttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kyiv_Oblasthttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kyivhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ukrainehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dnieper_Riverhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reservoir_%28water%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reservoir_%28water%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ukrainian_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ADnepr_Kiew_Reservoir.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ASpring_Ice_Breakup_on_Dnieper_River%2C_Ukraine.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ice
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