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The Kiev Reservoir (Template:Lang-uk, Kyivskyi Vodoskhovysche) is a large water reservoir located on the Dnieper River. Named to 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 dam of the Kiev Hydroelectric Power Plant being built in the area. The reservoir is mainly used for hydroelectricity generation, industrial and public consumption, and irrigation.

The reservoir is 110km in length, 12km in width, has a depth of 4-8 meters, has a volume of 3.7km³, and a usable volume of 1.2km³. The reservoir, together with the Kakhivka Reservoir, the Dnieper Reservoir, the Dniprodzerzhynske 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 ecological 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.

After the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster in 1986, radionuclides contaminated the sediment of the reservoir. During the years following the disaster, there were plans to drain the reservoir because it was too shallow, which if done, could have created the threat that the radioactive dust could travel by wind again, affecting Kiev.

External links

• Template:En icon Information about the reservoir
• Template:En icon Satellite photo of the dam creating the reservoir, from Google Maps

• Reservoirs in Ukraine