Volgograd Reservoir

The Volgograd Reservoir (Russian Волгоградское водохранилище / Wolgogradskoje wodochranilischtsche ) is a reservoir on the Volga River in the south of the European part of Russia. He is the lowest part of the so-called Volga - Kama cascade.

The reservoir extends on the lower Volga to 400 km between Saratov and the dam at Wolschski and is 3117 km ² large, at 31.5 billion cubic meters of storage space.

The shut-off of the dam is 3974 meters long and up to 47 meters high stone and Erdschüttdamm. It has a building volume of 25.932 million cubic meters.

In the Volgograd hydroelectric power station is generated from the retained water of the lake or the river Volga flow. These so- recovered energy is mainly used for the power supply industry in Volgograd and Wolschski. Also, the river water is used for irrigation. Due to the damming of the Volga River sank most of the typical meadows and mountain shore, in the water.