Kakhovka Dam

The Kakhovka Dam was a dam on the in , , completed in 1956 and destroyed in 2023, which provided water for the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Hydroelectric power station
  • Description: dam on Dnieper River, Ukraine
  • Also known as: “Kahovka Hydroelectric Station” and “Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kozatske djerelo and Vytautas Tower.

Waterfall
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is a waterfall, which is situated 2 km northwest of Kakhovka Dam.

Tower
Photo: Oleg Marchuk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 1½ km northwest of Kakhovka Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kozatske and Nova Kakhovka.

Town
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is a rural settlement in , , southern . It is located on the right bank of the , separated from on the left bank by the dam of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant.

Town
is a city in , , southern . has been under Russian occupation since February 2022. Its estimated population in 2022 was 44,427.

Village
Photo: Oleg Marchuk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Kakhovka Dam

Latitude
46.77602° or 46° 46′ 34″ north
Longitude
33.37157° or 33° 22′ 18″ east
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
8GRMQ9GC+CJ
Geo­Names ID
7910879
Wiki­data ID
Q119210467
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Kakhovka Dam” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Kakhovkako presa”
  • Bengali: “কাখোভকা বাঁধ”
  • Catalan: “presa de Kakhovka”
  • Central Bikol: “Sagop nin Kakhovka”
  • Chinese: “卡科夫卡水壩”
  • Chinese: “卡霍夫卡水坝”
  • Chinese: “卡霍夫卡水壩”
  • Croatian: “Brana Kahovka”
  • Dutch: “Kachovka-dam”
  • Dutch: “Kachovkadam”
  • Esperanto: “Akvobaraĵo Kaĥovka”
  • Esperanto: “Hidrelektra centralo Kaĥovka”
  • Estonian: “Kahhovka pais”
  • Estonian: “Kahhovka tamm”
  • French: “barrage de Kakhovka”
  • French: “Barrage de Kakhovka”
  • German: “Kachowka-Staudamm”
  • Hindi: “कखोव्का पनबिजली स्टेशन”
  • Italian: “diga di Kachovka”
  • Italian: “diga di Nova Kakhovka”
  • Japanese: “カホフカ・ダム”
  • Japanese: “カホフカダム”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kakhovkademningen”
  • Norwegian: “Kakhovkademningen”
  • Russian: “Каховская плотина”
  • Russian: “Плотина Каховской ГЭС”
  • Spanish: “presa de Kajovka”
  • Spanish: “Presa de Kajovka”
  • Swiss German: “Kachowka-Staudamm”
  • Turkish: “Kahovka Barajı”
  • Ukrainian: “Гребля Каховської ГЕС”

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