Ivankovo Reservoir
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| Ivankovo Reservoir | |
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| Lake type | Hydroelectric reservoir |
| Primary sources | Volga |
| Basin countries | Russia |
| Max length | 30 km |
| Max width | 5 km |
| Surface area | 327 km² |
| Settlements | Konakovo |
Ivankovo Reservoir or Ivankovskoye Reservoir (Russian: Иваньковское водохранилище), also known as the Moscow Sea, is the uppermost reservoir on the Volga River, in Moscow and Tver Oblasts of Russia, located some 130 km north of Moscow. The dam of the reservoir is situated in the town of Dubna. The town of Konakovo is located on its southern coast. The reservoir is connected to the Moskva River by the Moscow Canal, and is the principal fresh water suource for the city of Moscow.
A historic town of Korcheva and a number of villages were submerged as the reservoir was filled in 1937.
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| Tributaries: Tvertsa • Shosha • Dubna • Medveditsa • Nerl • Kashinka • Mologa • Sheksna • Kotorosl • Kostroma • Unzha • Uzola • Oka • Kerzhenets • Sura • Vetluga • Sviyaga • Kazanka • Kama • Samara • Akhtuba (distributary) | |||
| Reservoirs: Volga Lake • Ivankovo • Uglich • Rybinsk • Gorky • Cheboksary • Kuybyshev • Saratov • Volgograd | |||
| Hydroelectric stations: Uglich • Rybinsk • Nizhny Novgorod • Cheboksary • Zhigulyov • Saratov • Volga | |||
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