Krasnooskol reservoir
Description:
Krasnoosko'lskoe (Ukr. Chervonooskilskoe watershed) is a riverbed reservoir on the Oskol River, one of the largest in Ukraine, located in the Kharkiv region and also partially in Donetsk.
Krasnooskol reservoir currently has a volume of 474.3 million cubic meters, an area of 122.6 square kilometers. Its length is 84.6 km, average width is 1.6 km, maximum width is 4.0 km. The reservoir is located in the Izyum, Borovsky and Kupyansky districts of the Kharkiv region and about 10% falls on the Donetsk region. At the western shore of the reservoir is the district center of the Kharkiv region, an urban-type settlement of Borovaya.
The dam of the reservoir with a length of 1025 meters is located near the village of Chervony Oskol. The Krasnooskol hydroelectric power station operates at the reservoir.