Tsimlyansk Reservoir

Tsimlyansk Reservoir

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inflow = Don River
outflow = Don River
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Tsimlyansk Reservoir or Tsimlyanskoye Reservoir ( _ru. Цимлянское водохранилище) is located on the Don River on the territories of Rostov and Volgograd Oblasts at coord|47|50|N|42|50|E|region:RU_type:waterbody. It is one of the largest reservoirs in Russia. [ [http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/EFS/photoinfo.pl?PHOTO=STS068-254-44 National Aeronautics and Space Administration] ] It was completed in 1952 to provide power and irrigation to the region from Rostov to Volgograd. Crops grown in the region around the lake include wheat, rice, cotton, maize, alfalfa, fruit, grapes, and vegetables. 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 of Sarkel.

ee also

* Volga-Don Canal
* Sarkel

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