Kakhovka Dam

Kakhovka Dam is located on the Dnieper or Dnipro River in southern Ukraine which was built as part of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant.

Kakhovka Dam

About Kakhovka Dam:

  • It is located on the Dnieper or Dnipro River in southern Ukraine which was built as part of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant.
  • The reservoir also supplies water to the Crimean peninsula and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
  • Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is Europe’s largest and gets its cooling water from the reservoir which is located on the southern side, now under Russian control.
  • It holds water a volume about equal to the Great Salt Lake in the U.S.

Key facts about the Dnieper

  • It is the fourth longest river in Europe.
  • It runs a total length of 1,368 miles extending from the uplands of Russia’s Valdai Hills.
  • It flows in a southerly direction through western Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine before emptying into the Black Sea.

 


Q1) What is nuclear plant?

A nuclear plant, also known as a nuclear power plant or nuclear reactor, is a facility that generates electricity through the process of nuclear fission. It utilizes the controlled splitting of atomic nuclei to produce heat, which is then converted into electrical energy.

Source: What is the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine – and what happened?

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