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Reservoir on the Volga river in Russia

Volgograd Reservoir
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Coordinates	49°08′N 44°56′E / 49.13°N 44.94°E / 49.13; 44.94
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Volga River
Primary outflows	Volga River
Basin countries	Russia

Max. length	540 km (340 mi)
Max. width	17 km (11 mi)
Surface area	3,117 km (1,203 sq mi)
Water volume	31.5 km (25,500,000 acre⋅ft)

Settlements	Kamyshin

The Volgograd Reservoir (Russian: Волгоградское водохранилище) is a reservoir on the Volga river in the Russian oblasts of Volgograd and Saratov. The reservoir's water level is maintained by the dam of the Volga Hydroelectric Station, built from 1958 to 1961.

Named after the city of Volgograd, the reservoir has an area of 3,117 km, volume of 31,5 km, length of 540 km, maximum width of 17 km, and average depth of 10.1 m. It is the third largest reservoir on the Volga in Russia, after the Kuybyshev and Rybinsk reservoirs.

References

v t e Volga River
Tributaries	Selizharovka Tudovka Vazuza Tvertsa Shosha Dubna Medveditsa Nerl Kashinka Sit Mologa Suda Sheksna Sogozha Korozhechna Kotorosl Kostroma Nyomda Unzha Uzola Oka Kudma Kerzhenets Sura Vetluga Rutka Tsivil Great Kokshaga Little Kokshaga Anish Ilet Sviyaga Sumka Kazanka Kama Aktay Bezdna Bolshoy Cheremshan Sok Samara Chapayevka Little Irgiz Irgiz Tereshka Yeruslan Akhtuba (distributary)
Reservoirs	Lake Volgo Ivankovo Uglich Rybinsk Gorky Cheboksary Kuybyshev Saratov Volgograd
Hydroelectric stations	Ivankovo Uglich Rybinsk Nizhny Novgorod Cheboksary Zhiguli Saratov Volga
Canals	Moscow Canal Volga–Baltic Waterway Volga–Don Canal
Cities	Astrakhan Volgograd Saratov Samara Kazan Ulyanovsk Nizhny Novgorod Yaroslavl Tver

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