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Paunküla Reservoir

Paunküla Reservoir

Reservoir in Harju County, Estonia

This article is about the reservoir in Kose Parish. For village in the same parish, see Paunküla.

Paunküla Reservoir is located in Kiruvere Village, Kose Parish, Harju County, Estonia near Ardu.

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Drone video of Paunküla water reservoir in Estonia (September 2021)

The reservoir is part of the Tallinn water supply system and is connected to upstream Jägala river via Sae-Paunküla Canal.

Pirita river runs isolated along the southern shore of the reservoir in a ditch and is only connected to the reservoir at the north-eastern end of the reservoir.[3]

The area of the reservoir is 420 ha (1,000 acres), average depth is 3.4 m (11 ft) and maximum depth is 8.7 m (29 ft).[1]

History

The reservoir was first flooded in 1960.[3] The reservoir reached its current size in 1979.[2]

  • Photos from 1979 reconstruction

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Paunküla veehoidla". keskkonnaportaal.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  2. [2]
    "Veekogu: Paunküla veehoidla VEE2031910". infoleht.keskkonnainfo.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  3. [3]
    "Paunküla veehoidla". www.eestigiid.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2021-02-05.


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