Bukhtarma Reservoir

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Bukhtarma Reservoir is a large artificial lake in eastern Kazakhstan, created by damming the Irtysh River for hydroelectric power generation, irrigation, and navigation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bukhtarma Reservoir canonical 3

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf reservoir ⓘ
basinCountry Kazakhstan ⓘ
climateZone continental climate ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1952 ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Kazakhstan ⓘ
createdBy Bukhtarma Dam ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 420 metres ⓘ
freezesDuring winter ⓘ
hasDam Bukhtarma Dam ⓘ
hasIsland numerous small islands ⓘ
hasShorelineType indented shoreline ⓘ
mountainous shores ⓘ
inflow Irtysh River ⓘ
isUpstreamOf Shulbinsk Reservoir ⓘ
Ust-Kamenogorsk Reservoir ⓘ
length about 425 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn East Kazakhstan Region ⓘ
locatedInCountrySubdivision East Kazakhstan Region ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Altai Mountains ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea near Katon-Karagay National Park ⓘ
locatedNear Oskemen ⓘ
linked to: Ust-Kamenogorsk

Semei ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Irtysh River ⓘ
maximumDepth about 80 metres ⓘ
namedAfter Bukhtarma River ⓘ
openingDate 1960 ⓘ
operator Bukhtarma Hydroelectric Power Plant ⓘ
outflow Irtysh River ⓘ
partOf Irtysh River basin ⓘ
Irtysh–Karaganda Canal system ⓘ
purpose hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
region eastern Kazakhstan ⓘ
reservoirCapacity about 49 cubic kilometres ⓘ
surfaceArea about 5490 square kilometres ⓘ
usedFor fisheries ⓘ
flood control ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
volume about 49 cubic kilometres ⓘ
waterBodyType freshwater reservoir ⓘ
watercourse Irtysh River ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irtysh River → hasReservoir → Bukhtarma Reservoir ⓘ
Shulbinsk Reservoir → locatedUpstreamOf → Bukhtarma Reservoir ⓘ
Bukhtarma River → flowsInto → Bukhtarma Reservoir ⓘ