Kolyma Reservoir
Description
The Kolyma Reservoir is in the Upper Kolyma Highlands. The town of Sinegorye, Yagodninsky District, is located downstream from the dam. The total length of the reservoir is 148 km (92 mi) and the width at its widest point is 6 km (3.7 mi). The height of the water's edge is 387 m (1,270 ft) above sea level. Besides the Kolyma, rivers Tenka and Kongo flow into the reservoir.
After filling the reservoir 40,840 ha (100,900 acres) of farmland were flooded, as well as several workers' settlements, including Sibik-Tyllah, Vetreny, Yasnaya Polyana, Tyoply, Yubileiny and Kongo.
An Old Stone Age archaeological site located by the mouth of the Kongo was also flooded by the waters of the Kolyma reservoir. It belonged to the Paleolithic Siberdikov culture of the upper Kolyma river. On it were found stone cutters, knives, arrowheads and pick-shaped tools belonging to a human group engaged in hunting wild horses and reindeer.
See also
References
- ^ Словарь названий гидрографических объектов России и других стран — членов СНГ / под ред. Г. И. Донидзе. — М.: Картгеоцентр — Геодезиздат, 1999. — p. 188 Archived 2021-11-08 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 5-86066-017-0
- ^ Google Earth
- ^ Колымское водохранилище - Water of Russia
- ^ Kolyma reservoir - voda.mnr.gov.ru Rosvodresursy (2017)
- ^ Грибанова И. В. (2013). Тенька. Виток Спирали (700 экз ed.). Магадан: Охотник. p. 225. ISBN 978-5-9904382-2-4.
- ^ Орехов А. А. (1988). Первобытнообщинный строй на территории Колымы и Чукотки : Пособие для учителей истории. Магадан: Кн. изд-во. p. 10.
External links
Media related to Kolyma hydroelectric power plant at Wikimedia Commons
