| Kakhovka Reservoir | |
|---|---|
 Map of the Kakhovka Reservoir | |
| Location | Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts |
| Coordinates | 47°30′N 34°15′E / 47.500°N 34.250°E |
| Type | Hydroelectric reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Dnieper River |
| Primary outflows | Dnieper River |
| Basin countries | Ukraine |
| Max. length | 240 km (150 mi) |
| Max. width | 23 km (14 mi) |
| Surface area | 2,155 km2 (832 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 8.4 m (28 ft) |
| Max. depth | 26 m (85 ft) |
| Water volume | 18.2 km3 (14,800,000 acre⋅ft) |
| Surface elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
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The Kakhovka Reservoir (Ukrainian: Каховське водосховище, romanized: Kakhovs'ke vodoskhovyshche) was a water reservoir on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. It was created in 1956 by construction of the Kakhovka Dam at Nova Kakhovka. It was one of several reservoirs in the Dnieper reservoir cascade.
The dam was breached on 6 June 2023, which consensus attributes to Russian forces mining and blowing the base of the dam, while Russia alternatively described it as a "terrorist" act, in the case of the Russian-installed mayor of Nova Kakhovka, or as caused by a lack of maintenance, in the case of the Russian government.[citation needed] By the end of June, the reservoir was completely dry.