Everything about Kuybyshev Reservoir totally explained
Kuybyshev Reservoir or
Kuybyshevskoye Reservoir, sometimes called
Samara Reservoir and informally called
Kuybyshev Sea is a
reservoir of the middle
Volga and lower
Kama in the
Chuvash Republic,
Mari El Republic,
Republic of Tatarstan,
Samara Oblast and
Ulyanovsk Oblast,
Russia. The Kuybyshev Reservoir has a surface area of 6,450 km² and a volume of 58 billion cubic meters, and is the largest reservoir in
Europe and the third in the world by surface area. The major cities of
Kazan,
Ulyanovsk, and
Tolyatti are adjacent to the reservoir.
The reservoir is created by the dam of
Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station (formerly, V.I. Lenin Volga Hydroelectric Station), located between the cities of
Zhigulevsk and
Togliatti in
Samara Oblast. It was filled in 1955–1957.
With the filling of the reservoir some villages and towns were rebuilt on higher ground.
Image:Volga_steep_Tatarstan.jpg|Mountainous right bank of the reservoir
Image:Kazan roots and Volga.JPG|Kuybyshev Sea near Kazan
Image:Kama mouth.JPG|Kama River's mouth
Image:Volga Rocks.jpg|Rocks and gypsum mine near the Kama's mouth
Image:JumpToVolga.JPG|
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