Kakhovka Reservoir

infobox_lake
lake_name = Kakhovka Reservoir
image_lake = Landsat Kakhivka Water Reservoir1.jpg
location = Kherson, Zaporizhia, and the Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts
type = Hydroelectric reservoir
inflow = Dnieper River
outflow = Dnieper River
area = 2,155 km²
basin_countries= Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
volume = 18.2 km³
coords = coord|47|28|N|34|10|E|region:UA_type:waterbody|display=inline,title

The Kakhovka Reservoir ( _uk. Каховське водосховище, "Kakhovs’ke vodoskhovyshche") is a water reservoir located on the Dnieper River. It covers a total surface area of 2,155 square kilometres in the territories of the Kherson, Zaporizhia, and the Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts of Ukraine. The reservoir was created in 1956 when the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant was built.

The reservoir is 240 km long, up to 23 km wide, and has an average depth of 8.4 meters (with depth varying from 3 to 26 m). The total water volume is 18.2 km³. It is mainly used to supply hydroelectric stations, the Krasnoznamianka Irrigation System and the Kakhivka Irrigation System, industrial plants, freshwater-fish farms, the North Crimean Canal and the Dnieper–Kryvyi Rih Canal. With its creation, it has created a deep-water route, allowing deep-sea ships to sail up the Dnieper.