Dnieper Hydroelectric Station
The Dnieper Hydroelectric Station, also known as the Dnipro Dam, is a hydroelectric power station in the city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Operated by Ukrhydroenergo, it is the fifth and largest station in the Dnieper reservoir cascade, a series of hydroelectric stations on the Dnieper river that supply power to the Donets–Kryvyi Rih industrial region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Anatoliy Volkov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Dam
- Description: power plant in Zaporizhzhya Oblast, Ukraine
- Also known as: “Dnipro Hydroelectric Station”, “DniproHES”, and “Дніпрогес”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Slavutych Arena and Weapon History Museum.
Slavutych Arena
Stadium
Photo: V&A Dudush, CC BY 3.0.
Slavutych Arena is a football-only stadium in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. It is used for football matches and is the home of Metalurh Zaporizhzhia. The stadium's official maximum capacity is 12,000. Slavutych Arena is situated 1¼ km southeast of Dnieper Hydroelectric Station.
Weapon History Museum
Museum
Photo: Sergeev Pavel, CC BY 3.0.
Weapon History Museum is situated 1 km southeast of Dnieper Hydroelectric Station.
Zaporizhzhia Arch Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Nekto ZpUa, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Zaporizhzhia Arch Bridge is the longest arch bridge in Ukraine. The bridge connects the west bank area of Zaporizhzhia with the north side of Khortytsia Island by spanning the smaller eastern branch of the River Dnieper. Zaporizhzhia Arch Bridge is situated 2 km west of Dnieper Hydroelectric Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zaporizhzhia and Soniachne.
Zaporizhzhia
Photo: Юлія Войтенко, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Soniachne
Village
Soniachne is a rural settlement in the Zaporizhzhia Raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its population was 588 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Soniachne is the administrative center of the Soniachne Rural Council, a local government area. Soniachne is situated 5 km northwest of Dnieper Hydroelectric Station.
Khortytsia
Village
Khortytsia is a village in the Zaporizhzhia Raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. Khortytsia is situated 6 km southwest of Dnieper Hydroelectric Station.
Dnieper Hydroelectric Station
- Categories: hydroelectric power station and industry
- Location: Zaporizhzhia Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.86793° or 47° 52′ 5″ northLongitude
35.08582° or 35° 5′ 9″ eastInception
October 10th, 1932Open location code
8GVQV39P+58OpenStreetMap ID
way 113308943OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q738619
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yakut—“Dnieper Hydroelectric Station” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Դնեպրի հիդրոէլեկտրակայան”
- Azerbaijani: “Dnepr SES”
- Basque: “Dnieperreko zentral hidroelektrikoa”
- Belarusian: “Дняпроўская гідраэлектрастанцыя”
- Catalan: “Estació Hidroelèctrica del Dnièper”
- Cebuano: “Dnieper Hydroelectric Station”
- Chinese: “第聂伯河水电站”
- Czech: “Dněperská vodní elektrárna”
- Czech: “DněproGES”
- Czech: “DniproHES”
- Dutch: “Dnipro Hydroelectric Station”
- Dutch: “DniproHES”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة دنيبرو الكهرومائيه”
- Esperanto: “Hidroelektra Centralo de Dnepro”
- Estonian: “Dnepri hüdroelektrijaam”
- Estonian: “Dneprogess”
- Estonian: “Dneprogres”
- Finnish: “Dneprin vesivoimalaitos”
- French: “centrale hydroélectrique du Dniepr”
- French: “DnieproHES”
- French: “DniproHES”
- Georgian: “დნეპრის ჰიდროელექტროსადგური”
- German: “DniproHES”
- Hebrew: “דנייפרוגס”
- Hebrew: “תחנת הכוח ההידרואלקטרית דנייפר”
- Hungarian: “Dnyeperi vízerőmű”
- Indonesian: “Pembangkit Listrik Tenaga Air Dnieper”
- Italian: “Centrale idroelettrica del Dnepr”
- Japanese: “ドニエプル水力発電所”
- Korean: “드니프로 수력발전소”
- Latvian: “Dņipro HES”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “DniproHES”
- Norwegian: “DniproHES”
- Persian: “ایستگاه برق آبی دنیپر”
- Polish: “Dnieprzańska Elektrownia Wodna”
- Romanian: “Centrala hidroelectrică Dnipro”
- Russian: “Днепровская ГЭС”
- Russian: “Днепрогэс”
- Serbian: “Дњепарска хидроелектрана”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dnjeparska hidroelektrana”
- Slovenian: “Dneprska hidroelektrarna”
- Slovenian: “Dnipro HES”
- Slovenian: “Hidroelektrarna Dneper”
- Spanish: “Estacion Hidroelectrica Dnieper”
- Spanish: “Estación Hidroeléctrica Dniéper”
- Swedish: “Dneproges”
- Swedish: “DniproHES”
- Ukrainian: “Дніпровська ГЕС”
- Ukrainian: “ДніпроГЕС”
- Yakut: “ДнепроГЭС”
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