Irpin (river)

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The Irpin or Irpen (

The original confluence of the Irpin and the Dnieper is beneath the surface of the Kyiv Reservoir, which was formed by the dam for the Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant in the mid-1960s. A second dam, immediately south of the village of Kozarovychi [uk], was built to stop the reservoir from inundating more of the Irpin river basin. The Irpin reaches the dam 6.5–7 meters below the level of the reservoir and electrical pumps raise it into the reservoir.

The lands around the Irpin were the heartland of

Prior to the creation of Soviet-era dams, the Irpin basin was a biodiverse wetland.^[4]

In 2022, during the first two days of the

Ecologists argue that the dams should not be rebuilt and that the wetland should be protected and restored.[4]

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