- Tsimlyansk Reservoir
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lake_name = Tsimlyansk Reservoir
image_lake = Tsimlyansk res.jpg
caption_lake = from space, October 1994
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type =reservoir
inflow = Don River
outflow = Don River
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basin_countries = Russia
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cities =Tsimlyansk Reservoir or Tsimlyanskoye Reservoir ( _ru. Цимлянское водохранилище) is located on the Don River on the territories of Rostov and
Volgograd Oblast s at coord|47|50|N|42|50|E|region:RU_type:waterbody. It is one of the largest reservoirs inRussia . [ [http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/EFS/photoinfo.pl?PHOTO=STS068-254-44 National Aeronautics and Space Administration] ] It was completed in1952 to provide power andirrigation to the region fromRostov toVolgograd . Crops grown in the region around the lake includewheat ,rice ,cotton ,maize ,alfalfa ,fruit ,grapes , andvegetable s. The reservoir is part of a waterway for the shipping of raw materials from the upper Don and Volga basins to the lower Don River basin and vice versa. The Tsimlyansk Dam also provides flood control for the lower Don River basin. Completion of the lake resulted in a high growth of industry.Under the waters lay the ancient
Khazar fortress town ofSarkel .ee also
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Volga-Don Canal
*Sarkel References
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