The Kaniv Reservoir ( uk, Канівське водосховище, ) is a
water reservoir located on the
Dnieper River
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The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine an ...
in
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...
. Named after the city of
Kaniv
Kaniv ( uk, Канів, ) city located in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast ( province) in central Ukraine. The city rests on the Dnieper River, and is also one of the main inland river ports on the Dnieper. It hosts the administration of Kaniv ...
, it covers a total area of 675 square kilometers within the
Cherkasy and
Kyiv Oblast
Kyiv Oblast ( uk, Ки́ївська о́бласть, translit=Kyïvska oblast), also called Kyivshchyna ( uk, Ки́ївщина), is an oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, ...
s.
It was created in 1972 following construction of the dams of the
Kaniv Hydroelectric Power Plant on the Dnieper River. Along with the
Kakhovka Reservoir, the
Dnipro Reservoir, the
Kamianske Reservoir, the
Kremenchuk Reservoir, and the
Kyiv Reservoir, it has created a deep-water route on the Dnieper, allowing ships to sail upstream as far as the
Prypiat River.
The reservoir is 162 km long, up to 5 km wide, and has an average depth of 5.5 meters. The total water volume is 2.6 km³.
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Reservoirs built in the Soviet Union
Reservoirs in Ukraine
Reservoirs of the Dnieper
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