Rybinsk Reservoir (redirected from Rybinsk Lake)

Rybinsk Reservoir, artificial lake, c.2,000 sq mi (5,200 sq km), NW European Russia. It was formed in 1941 between the upper Volga River and its tributaries, the Mologa and Sheksna rivers, with the completion of the dam and hydroelectric station at Rybinsk. The reservoir is the southernmost component of the Volga-Baltic Waterway.

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Rybinsk Reservoir

Lake, on the upper Volga River, northwestern Russia. It was created by two dams on the Volga and its tributary, the Sheksna. When the project was completed in 1947, a lake of 1,768 sq mi (4,580 sq km) in area was formed; it was the world's largest artificial body of water. It regulates the flow of the Volga, provides power for Moscow and other cities, and is part of the Volga-Baltic Waterway.

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Rybinsk Reservoir 

a reservoir formed by the dams of the Rybinsk hydroengineering complex on the Volga and Sheksna rivers, located in Yaroslavl, Vologda, and Kalinin oblasts.

Rybinsk Reservoir began to fill in 1941, and the projected water level was reached in 1947. It has an area of 4,580 sq km and a volume of 25.4 cu km and is 110 km long along the Volga River, 226 km long along the Mologa River, and 328 km long along the Sheksna River. Its greatest width is 60 km, and the average depth is 5.6 m. The reservoir consists of a broad central reach and three reaches that grow progressively more narrow upstream—the Volga, Mologa, and Sheksna. The level of the reservoir varies within a range of 4–5 m. The reservoir regulates the seasonal flow of water.

Rybinsk Reservoir was built to provide energy and to facilitate water transport; it is part of the Volga-Baltic Waterway. There is fishing in the reservoir. The cities of Cherepovets, Ves’-egonsk, Uglich, Poshekhon’e-Volodarsk, and Rybinsk are located on the reservoir, and part of the Darwin Preserve extends out over its surface.