Paunküla Reservoir is located in
Kiruvere Village,
Kose Parish, Harju County
Kose Parish () is a rural municipality in northern Estonia. It is a part of Harju County. The municipality has a population of 5,737 (as of 1 January 2004) and covers an area of . The population density is 24.2 inhabitants per km2.
In October 20 ...
, Estonia near
Ardu.
The reservoir is part of the
Tallinn water supply system
Tallinn water supply system is a water supply system that provides potable water to Estonia's capital city Tallinn.
90% of Tallinn's potable water is produced from the surface water. The heart of the system Ãœlemiste Water Treatment Plant is loca ...
and is connected to upstream
Jägala river Jägala may refer to:
* Jägala, Estonia
* Jägala (river), a river which runs through Jägala
** Jägala Falls, a waterfall along the river
* Jägala concentration camp, a Nazi concentration camp
** Kalevi-Liiva killing fields outside the camp
* JÃ ...
via
Sae-Paunküla Canal.
Pirita river
The Pirita () is a long river in northern Estonia that drains into Tallinn Bay (part of the Gulf of Finland) in Pirita, Tallinn. The basin area of the Pirita is 799 km2.
For the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, the estuary to the Gulf ...
runs isolated along the southern shore of the reservoir in a ditch and is only connected to the reservoir at the north-eastern end of the reservoir.
The area of the reservoir is , average depth is and maximum depth is .
History
The reservoir was first flooded in 1960.
The reservoir reached its current size in 1979.
Gallery
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See also
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Soodla Reservoir
Soodla Reservoir is located on Soodla river in Pillapalu Village, Anija Parish, Harju County, Estonia, near Kehra and Kuusalu.
The reservoir is part of the Tallinn water supply system and feeds Jägala, Aavoja and Pirita rivers with water t ...
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Raudoja Reservoir
Raudoja Reservoir is located on Raudoja River in Raudoja Village, Anija Parish, Harju County, Estonia near Kehra.
The reservoir is part of Tallinn water supply system and is connected to Jägala, Pirita rivers via canals. Water flows from S ...
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Aavoja Reservoir
Aavoja Reservoir is located on Aavoja river in Anija Parish, Harju County, Estonia near Kehra.
The reservoir is part of Tallinn water supply system and is connected to Jägala, Pirita and Soodla rivers via canals.
The area of the reservoir ...
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Kaunissaare Reservoir
Kaunissaare Reservoir is located on Jägala (river), Jägala river in Kaunissaare, Kaunissaare Village, Anija Parish, Harju County, Estonia, near Kehra.
The reservoir is part of the Tallinn water supply system and is connected to Pirita River, ...
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Vaskjala Reservoir
Vaskjala Reservoir is located on Pirita river in Vaskjala Village, Rae Parish, Harju County, Estonia near Jüri.
The reservoir is part of the Tallinn water supply system and is connected to Lake Ãœlemiste via Vaskjala-Ãœlemiste canal.
The a ...
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Lake Ãœlemiste
Lake Ãœlemiste () is the largest of the lakes surrounding Tallinn, Estonia. Ãœlemiste is the main part of the Tallinn water supply system, which supplies the city with most of its drinking water. The lake is fed mostly by Kurna stream and the P ...
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List of lakes of Estonia
''This is a list of lakes (including reservoirs) in Estonia.''
Largest lakes
All lakes
''List is incomplete''
See also
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External links
{{Europe topic, List of lakes of
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Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a ...
References
Kose Parish
Reservoirs in Estonia
Lakes of Harju County
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