Tsimlyansk Reservoir
| Tsimlyansk Reservoir | |
|---|---|
Don River | |
| Basin countries | Russia |
Tsimlyansk Reservoir or Tsimlyanskoye Reservoir (Цимля́нское водохрани́лище) is an artificial lake on the
The reservoir, together with the Volga–Don Canal and the lower course of the Don, provides an important waterway between the Volga River / Caspian Sea basin and the Sea of Azov. The Tsimlyansk Dam also provides flood control for the lower Don River basin.
Completion of the lake resulted in strong local industrial growth. In particular, the city of Volgodonsk owes its existence to the Tsimlyansk Dam project.
Under the waters lies the ancient
Along with the Volga–Don Canal, the reservoir forms part of a waterway for the shipping of raw materials from the upper Don and Volga–Caspian basins to the lower Don River – Sea of Azov basin and vice versa. According to the federal agency responsible for the maintenance of this waterway (Федеральное Государственное Учреждение "Волго-Донское ГБУВПиС"), guaranteed depth of the main navigable waterway through the reservoir in the navigation season of 2007 was to be maintained at no less than 3.6 meters, with the width of the navigable waterway no less than 50 meters. It was to be available for navigation for 233 days, from April 5 to November 23, 2007.[2]
To descend from the reservoir to the lower Don, ships have to pass two
See also
References
- ^ National Aeronautics and Space Administration Archived 2008-01-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Программа категорий средств навигационного оборудования и сроков их работы, гарантированных габаритов судовых ходов в навигацию 2007 года по федеральному государственному учреждению "Волго-Донское ГБУВПиС" Archived 2009-06-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ Сроки работы шлюзов[permanent dead link] (Lock operation periods), from the site of the Russian Shipping Companies' Association. (in Russian)