HYDROELECTRIC RIVER DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES IN THE USSR

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• Publication Date: February 28, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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Soviet papers on the
Byaroeiectric River Development Schemes in the USSR:
a. The Dnieper Cascade of Hydro Developments
b. Sevan-Razdan Cascade
c. Khrami Cascade
d. Development of the Inguri River
e. The Volga-Kamet Cascade of Hydro Developments
f. Angaro-Yeniseiskiy Ka.skad (in Russian)
g. Yenisei Cascade
h. gn'gstra Cascade
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USSR, Ministry of Power Station Construction
The nniepr Cascade ofHydro Developments, Moscow 1962
2,287,ku ,r,trts 1.-op 01 220 m the Dnieper
in the ri d rP,er in Europe (after the Volga and the Danube). The
totai ? iteliment area of the rivcr i 50.-3,000 square kilometres, and
its by, at the ,v111 aver.?ges 53 billion cubic metres. The
Dniefet o t..'tiiolt'ni, Region and crosses the territory
?if ? ? -ind the t krai-e to discharge into thf., Black Sea
7?:( The upper reaches of the Dnieper ia co the zone
of xc - ? precipitation a.id active c.wamping procese. partieu-
'arly basins of the Berezina and Pripyat rivers. Near Kiev
enters the moderate precipitation zone, and farther
Dnieprodetrovsk and 7 ,ozhie, comes into the arid
rogi ins of the .\? ?,)rdingly. the Dniener flow
.? ? .)-11., in ", .!!).- Tam) Downstream
fr Kic. UAL: river gets la" ;;Ltlo 'Lc I() con:
of its total flow. The principal power resources of the Dnieper are
? -?1be reach i dov.i. frr.,:n Kiev (or, to' i?p. ir xact.
11 the Pripyat mouth) Ind amount it, 85 per cent 01 all the
oY. potential of the river.
"fl?f? Dnieper flow is characterized by a high degree of irregula-
rit ?di in different years (the annual flow volume varies from
24 to 7'3blion cubic metres) and within a year. A peculiar feature
of the Dinepor is that, being a river of the plains fed by melting
cnov.?? ha.. prominent spring floods which carry aw,0 60 to 70,
and in ...inn years to 80 per cent of the total annual flow. The high-
ly irreL? ?? -11(..\\ .nake it particularly important to set up large
age.ser\ oirs i.n ilk, Dnieper which would regulate the flow
I: ibe fo? itc comproltensiye Jtilisation ;a the development
flower, 1-rigation. waterway traffic and fish-breeding.
ii:' utihis i in scheme for the Lower Dnieper six
are to lie ,? flt. eer They
. h ?I;p4. finiPpre?
o. 1 :. 1%,, At3 ?? 0'. aL
a summary capacity exceeding 2.8 million kW (some are in opera-
ion,
tl,. ? 0structii.,.1 ? ? . tAil .t1;1.; -
()f above ? 'Ton l