Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric dam

The 119m Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric dam, located on the Yenisey river within 30 km upstream from Krasnoyarsk, was finished in 1964 and supplies 6000MW of power. Енисей Length 5,550 (4,102) km Elevation of the source m Average discharge 19,600 m³/s Area watershed 2,580,000 km² Origin  ? Mouth Arctic Ocean Basin countries Russia The Yenisei basin, Lake Baikal, and the cities of Dikson, Dudinka, Turukhansk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk Yenisei (Енисе́й) is a river... Krasnoyarsk Coat of Arms (2004) Krasnoyarsk (Russian: Красноя́рск), administrative center of the Krasnoyarsk Krai, is the third largest city in Siberia. ...

As a result of the damming, the Krasnoyarskoye reservoir appeared. This reservoir, also known as Krasnoyarskoye More (Krasnoyarsk sea), has 2000 km² area, 73,3 km³ volume, 388 km length, 15 km width in the widest place, 36.6 m average depth and 105 m depth near the dam.

Construction of the Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric dam greatly impacted the local climate. Before the dam was built, the Yenisey in that area was free from ice for around 196 days per year; now it remains free from ice for the whole year round up to 300 to 400 km downstream. The huge amount of water stored in Krasnoyarskoye reservoir makes the local climate more warm and humid.

The dam is equipped with a ship elevator to allow passage of ships.

External links

• (Russian) Yenisey River Steam Navigation - photo gallery showing ship elevator

Coordinates: 55°56′05″N, 92°17′40″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ...