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49: 29: 198: 289:. The system was heavily used, however, in the 20th century it could not support the increased cargo traffic anymore, and it was decided to reconstruct the old system, building Volga–Baltic Waterway. The Sheksna dam was a part of this project. The construction took place in 1963–1964. The length of the reservoir dam is 1,100 metres (3,600 ft), the dam complex includes 2 locks. The lower pound of the dam is the 56: 81: 369: 252: 248: 48: 379: 228: 340: 384: 374: 277:
In the beginning of the 19th century, the Mariinsky Canal system was open to connect the river basins of the
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Map of the Rybinsk Reservoir basin. The Sheksna Reservoir is shown on the map.
363: 220: 132: 96: 83: 278: 28: 286: 282: 126: 297: 185: 118: 266:, which connects the basins of the Volga and the Northern Dvina via 197: 274:, bypassing Lake Beloye, connect to the Sheksna Reservoir. 262:
and is used for both cruise and cargo traffic. Both the
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The only two towns on the shores of the reservoir are
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in Russia. The reservoir is formed by the dam of the
361: 335:(in Russian). Вологда: ВГПУ, Русь. p. 541. 74: 326:Воробьёв, Г. А. (2006). Г. В. Судаков (ed.). 214: 157:1,670 square kilometres (640 sq mi) 251:, located in the urban-type settlement of 173:6.5 cubic kilometres (1.6 cu mi) 55: 325: 321: 319: 317: 196: 258:The Sheksna Reservoir is a part of the 362: 33:The Nativity Church in the village of 314: 370:Reservoirs built in the Soviet Union 13: 14: 401: 54: 47: 27: 1: 307: 380:Reservoirs in Vologda Oblast 7: 216:Шексни́нское водохрани́лище 10: 406: 219:) is a water reservoir on 215: 181: 177: 169: 161: 153: 149: 138: 124: 112: 73: 42: 26: 21: 329:Вологодская энциклопедия 328: 249:Sheksna Hydropower Plant 385:Dams on the Volga River 211:Sheksninskoe Reservoir 202: 165:17 metres (56 ft) 260:Volga–Baltic Waterway 241:Sheksninsky Districts 200: 375:Reservoirs in Russia 264:Northern Dvina Canal 93: /  16:Reservoir in Russia 203: 291:Rybinsk Reservoir 207:Sheksna Reservoir 195: 194: 97:59.683°N 38.533°E 62:Sheksna Reservoir 22:Sheksna Reservoir 397: 354: 353: 351: 349: 334: 323: 272:Belozersky Canal 218: 217: 128: 108: 107: 105: 104: 103: 98: 94: 91: 90: 89: 86: 76: 58: 57: 51: 31: 19: 18: 405: 404: 400: 399: 398: 396: 395: 394: 360: 359: 358: 357: 347: 345: 343: 332: 330: 324: 315: 310: 268:Lake Kubenskoye 142: countries 127:Primary inflows 101: 99: 95: 92: 87: 84: 82: 80: 79: 69: 68: 67: 66: 65: 64: 63: 59: 38: 17: 12: 11: 5: 403: 393: 392: 387: 382: 377: 372: 356: 355: 341: 312: 311: 309: 306: 245:Vologda Oblast 193: 192: 183: 179: 178: 175: 174: 171: 167: 166: 163: 159: 158: 155: 151: 150: 147: 146: 143: 136: 135: 130: 122: 121: 116: 110: 109: 102:59.683; 38.533 77: 71: 70: 61: 60: 53: 52: 46: 45: 44: 43: 40: 39: 32: 24: 23: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 402: 391: 388: 386: 383: 381: 378: 376: 373: 371: 368: 367: 365: 344: 342:5-87822-305-8 338: 331: 322: 320: 318: 313: 305: 303: 299: 294: 292: 288: 284: 280: 275: 273: 269: 265: 261: 256: 254: 250: 246: 242: 238: 234: 230: 226: 222: 221:Sheksna River 212: 208: 199: 191: 187: 184: 180: 176: 172: 168: 164: 162:Average depth 160: 156: 152: 148: 144: 141: 137: 134: 133:Sheksna River 131: 129: 123: 120: 117: 115: 111: 106: 78: 72: 50: 41: 36: 30: 25: 20: 346:. Retrieved 295: 276: 257: 210: 206: 204: 170:Water volume 154:Surface area 390:Volga basin 348:25 November 237:Kirillovsky 225:Lake Beloye 182:Settlements 100: / 75:Coordinates 364:Categories 308:References 287:Lake Onega 270:, and the 233:Vashkinsky 229:Belozersky 298:Belozersk 186:Belozersk 119:reservoir 302:Kirillov 281:and the 190:Kirillov 35:Krokhino 253:Sheksna 209:or the 88:38°32′E 85:59°41′N 339:  239:, and 145:Russia 333:(PDF) 279:Volga 227:, in 140:Basin 350:2011 337:ISBN 300:and 285:via 283:Neva 223:and 205:The 114:Type 243:of 366:: 316:^ 293:. 255:. 235:, 231:, 188:, 352:. 213:(

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Krokhino
Sheksna Reservoir is located in Vologda Oblast
59°41′N 38°32′E / 59.683°N 38.533°E / 59.683; 38.533
Type
reservoir
Primary inflows
Sheksna River
Basin
Belozersk
Kirillov

Sheksna River
Lake Beloye
Belozersky
Vashkinsky
Kirillovsky
Sheksninsky Districts
Vologda Oblast
Sheksna Hydropower Plant
Sheksna
Volga–Baltic Waterway
Northern Dvina Canal
Lake Kubenskoye
Belozersky Canal
Volga
Neva
Lake Onega
Rybinsk Reservoir
Belozersk

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