Cheboksary Reservoir

Cheboksary Reservoir^[a] is an artificial lake in the central part of the Volga River formed by the Cheboksary Dam in Novocheboksarsk.^[1][2]

Cheboksary Reservoir
Шупашкар шыв усравĕ (Chuvash) Чебоксарское водохранилище (Russian)
Cheboksary Reservoir
Location	Russia
Coordinates	56°18′00″N 46°42′53″E
Type	artificial lake
Max. width	16 kilometres (9.9 mi)
Surface area	2,190 square kilometres (850 sq mi)
Average depth	35 metres (115 ft)
Max. depth	35 metres (115 ft)

The surface area of Cheboksary Reservoir is 2,190 square kilometres (850 sq mi), max width is 16 kilometres (9.9 mi), max depth is 35 metres (115 ft). The reservoir has partly flooded the Mari Depression.^[3]

The largest cities on the Reservoir are Nizhny Novgorod, Cheboksary and Kozmodemyansk.

Notes

1. Russian: Чебоксарское водохранилище, romanized: Čeboksarskoje vodohranilišče; Chuvash: Шупашкар шыв усравĕ, romanized: Şupaşkar şıv usravĕ

References

1. Mineeva, N. M.; Abramova, N. N. (2009). "Phytoplankton Pigments as Ecological State Indices of the Cheboksary Reservoir". Water Resources. 36 (5): 560–567. doi:10.1134/S009780780905008X. S2CID 129039683.
2. Nazarova, L. B.; Semenov, V. F.; Sabirov, R. M.; Efimov, I. Yu. (2004). "The State of Benthic Communities and Water Quality Evaluation in the Cheboksary Reservoir". Water Resources. 31 (3): 316–322. doi:10.1023/B:WARE.0000028702.74325.c5. S2CID 129781206.
3. Марийская низменность, Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M, 1969-1978.