Zeya Dam

The Zeya Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Zeya River, located in the Tukuringra Range and Dzhagdy Range junction, by the town of Zeya, Amur Oblast, Russia, north of the Chinese border. On average the Zeya Hydroelectric Power Station generates 4.91 TWh of electricity per year. It is equipped with 6 hydro-turbines, 4 with capacity of 225 MW and 2 with capacity of 215 MW.

Zeya Dam
Location of the Zeya Dam in Amur Oblast, Russia
CountryRussia
LocationZeya
Coordinates53°46′9″N 127°18′23″E
StatusOperational
Construction began1965
Opening date1975
Owner(s)RusHydro
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsZeya River
Height115.5 m (379 ft)
Length1,284 m (4,213 ft)
Spillways8
Spillway typeSurface spillway
Spillway capacity11,104 m3/s (392,134 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
CreatesZeya Reservoir
Total capacity68.4 km3 (16 cu mi)
Surface area2,420 km2 (934 sq mi)
Maximum length225 km (140 mi)
Maximum width40 km (25 mi)
Maximum water depth93 m (305 ft)
Power Station
Turbines4 × 225 MW
2 × 215 MW
Installed capacity1,330 MW

The Zeya Reservoir (Russian: Зейское водохранилище), located upstream, is kept at a regulated depth of 93 metres (305 ft). A narrow, 40-kilometre-long (25 mi) valley separates the dam water body from the vast surface of the reservoir. The Baikal-Amur Mainline railway runs along the north shore, where a 1,100-metre-long (3,600 ft) bridge has been constructed.

Settlements on the shore of Zeya Dam include Beregovoy, Khvoyny, Gorny, Verknezeysk, Bomnak and Snezhnogorsk.

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