Kaniv Reservoir

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Kaniv Reservoir
Location	Kaniv (to the south), Cherkasy and Kiev Oblasts, Ukraine
Coordinates	49°55′34″N, 31°28′46″ECoordinates: 49°55′34″N, 31°28′46″E
Lake type	Hydroelectric reservoir
Primary inflows	Dnieper River
Primary outflows	Dnieper River
Basin countries	Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
Surface area	675 km²
Water volume	2.6 km³

The Kaniv Reservoir (Ukrainian: Канівське водосховище, Kanivs'ke vodoskhovyshche) is a water reservoir located on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. Named after the city of Kaniv, it covers a total area of 675 square kilometres within the Cherkasy and Kiev Oblasts.^[1] It was created in 1972 because of the dams of the Kaniv Hydroelectric Station on the Dnieper 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.^[1]

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