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	The '''Kiev Reservoir''', or '''Kiev Sea''' ({{lang-uk\|Київське водосховище, ''Kyyivs’ke vodoskhovyshche''}}) is a large ] located on the ] in ]. Named after the city of ], which lies to the south, it covers a total area of 922 square kilometres within the ]. The reservoir was formed in 1960-1966, as a result of the ] dam being built in the area. The reservoir is mainly used for ] generation, industrial and public consumption, and irrigation.		The '''Kiev Reservoir''', or '''Kiev Sea''' ({{lang-uk\|Київське водосховище, ''Kyyivs’ke vodoskhovyshche''}}) is a large ] located on the ] in ]. Named after the city of ], which lies to the south, it covers a total area of 922 square kilometres within the ]. The reservoir was formed in 1960-1966, as a result of the ] dam being built in the area. The reservoir is mainly used for ] 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 km³, and a usable volume of 1.2 km³. The reservoir, together with the ], the ], the ], the ], and the ], 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 which was ]. But the residents of the village persuaded ] authorities to let them stay, only to be evacuated later in 1986.		The reservoir is 110 km in length, 12 km in width, has a depth of four to eight meters, a volume of 3.7 km³, and a usable volume of 1.2 km³. The reservoir, together with the ], the ], the ], the ], and the ], 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 which was ]. But the residents of the village persuaded ] authorities to let them stay, only to be evacuated later in 1986.

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Kyiv Reservoir

The Kiev Reservoir, or Kiev Sea (Template:Lang-uk) is a large water reservoir located on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. Named after the city of Kiev, which lies to the south, it covers a total area of 922 square kilometres within the Kiev Oblast. The reservoir was formed in 1960-1966, as a result of the Kiev Hydroelectric Power Plant dam being built in the area. 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 km³, and a usable volume of 1.2 km³. 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 which was Teremtsi. But 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, Kiev 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 potential destruction 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.

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v t e Dnieper River
Tributaries	Bazavluk Berezina Bilozerka Desna Drut Inhulets Irpin Konka (Kherson) Konka (Zaporizhzhia) Oril Pripyat Psel Rohachyk Ros Samara Sozh Stuhna Sula Supii Teteriv Tiasmyn Trubizh Vorskla Zolotonoshka
Reservoirs	Dnieper Kakhovka Kamianske Kaniv Kremenchuk Kyiv
Hydroelectric stations	Dnieper Kakhovka Kaniv Kyiv HPP Kyiv PSP Kremenchuk Middle Dnieper
Canals	Dnipro – Donbas Dnipro – Inhulets Dnipro – Kryvyi Rih Kakhovka North Crimean
Cities	Cherkasy Dnipro Dorogobuzh Kyiv Mogilev Smolensk
Crossings	in Ukraine
Italics indicate left tributaries

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