Karabash Reservoir (russian: Карабашское водохранилище, tt-Cyrl, Карабаш сусаклагычы, translit=Qarabaş susaqlağıçı) is a
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
of the upper
Zay River
The Zay (russian: Зай; tt-Cyrl, Зәй, ''Zäy'') is a river in Russia, Russian Federation, a left-bank tributary of the Kama (river), Kama. It is long, and its drainage basin covers .[Karabash, Tatarstan
Karabash (russian: Карабаш; tt-Cyrl, Карабаш) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Bugulminsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located at the confluence of the Zay and Stepnoy Zay Rivers, northwest ...]
,
Russian Federation
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. It was filled in 1957 for the local oil and other industry needs. It has surface area 7.31 km², a length 8.7 km, mean depth 7.2 m and a volume 52.3 million cubic meters.
Reservoirs in Russia
Reservoirs in Tatarstan
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