Dnieper Reservoir

Dnieper Reservoir
Location	Zaporizhzhia (to the south), Dnipro (to the north), Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts
Coordinates	48°08′09″N 35°07′43″E
Type	Hydroelectric reservoir
Primary inflows	Dnieper River
Primary outflows	Dnieper River
Basin countries	Ukraine
Max. length	129 km (80 mi)
Average depth	8 m (26 ft)
Max. depth	53 m (174 ft)
Water volume	3.3 km3 (2,700,000 acre⋅ft)

The Dnieper Reservoir (Ukrainian: Дніпровське водосховище, Dniprovs'ke vodoskhovyshche) is a water reservoir on, and named after the Dnieper River in Ukraine. It is located within the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts. It was created in 1932 by the construction of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station.

The reservoir is 129 km long, has an average width of 3.2 km (7 km at its widest), and has an average depth of 8 meters (53 m at its deepest). The total water volume is 3.3 km³.

The Lenin Lake, stretching for approximately ten kilometres at the mouth of the Samara River, flows into the northern end of the reservoir. The creation of the reservoir inundated the historic Dnieper Rapids.

Map of the Dnieper Reservoir.