KolymaReservoir () is an artificial lake which was created by the construction of the Kolyma Hydroelectric Station on the Kolyma. It was designed by Lenhydroproject. Filling began in 1980 and it was commissioned in 1995.Словарь названий гидрографических объектов России и других стран — членов СНГ / под ред. Г. И. Донидзе. — М.: Картгеоцентр — Геодезиздат, 1999. — p. 188
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 and the width at its widest point is . The height of the water's edge is above sea level. Besides the Kolyma, rivers Tenka and Kongo flow into the reservoir.Google EarthКолымское водохранилище - Water of Russia
After filling the reservoir of farmland were flooded, as well as several workers' settlements, including Sibik-Tyllah, Vetreny, Yasnaya Polyana, Tyoply, Yubileiny and Kongo.Kolyma reservoir - voda.mnr.gov.ru Rosvodresursy (2017)
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 Kolyma Hydroelectric Station Ust-Srednekan Hydroelectric Plant
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