Juodkiškiai Reservoir

Juodkiškiai Reservoir
Juodkiškiai Reservoir between Aristava and Taučiūnai
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Location	Kėdainiai District Municipality, Lithuania
Coordinates	55°17′17″N 24°02′28″E / 55.28806°N 24.04111°E / 55.28806; 24.04111Coordinates: 55°17′17″N 24°02′28″E / 55.28806°N 24.04111°E / 55.28806; 24.04111
Native name	Juodkiškių tvenkinys  (Lithuanian)
Part of	Obelis→ Nevėžis→ Neman→ Baltic Sea
Primary inflows	Obelis, Malčius, Koliupė
Primary outflows	Obelis
First flooded	1980
Max. length	3.85 km (2.39 mi)[1]
Max. width	0.32 km (0.20 mi)[1]
Surface area	0.834 km2 (0.322 sq mi)[1]
Average depth	4.6 m (15 ft)[1]
Max. depth	12 m (39 ft)[1]
Water volume	0.004395 km3 (0.001054 cu mi)[1]
Shore length1	15.2 km (9.4 mi)[1]
Surface elevation	43 m (141 ft)
Settlements	Taučiūnai, Koliupė
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

The Juodkiškiai Reservoir is an artificial lake in Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania. It is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east from Kėdainiai, next to Taučiūnai village.^[2] It was created in 1980, when a dam on the Obelis river had been built next to Juodkiškiai hamlet.^[1] In 1995, the dam was reconstructed and a small hydroelectric plant (of 510 kW) has been built.

Shores of the reservoir are low, agriculture lands stretch around the lake. The Bubliai Reservoir and some smaller reservoirs (the Koliupė Reservoir, the Malčius Reservoir) empty into the Juodkiškiai Reservoir. The A8 highway crosses the lake.

The A8 highway bridge over the Juodkiškiai Reservoir

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