Paunküla Reservoir
Reservoir in Harju County, Estonia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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Location | Kose Parish, Harju County, Estonia |
Coordinates | 59.1156°N 25.3525°E / 59.1156; 25.3525 |
Type | Reservoir |
Part of | Tallinn water supply system |
Primary inflows | Paunküla Stream, Palgissaare Stream, Sae-Paunküla Canal |
Primary outflows | Pirita River |
Catchment area | 90.1 km2 (34.8 sq mi) |
Basin countries | Estonia |
Managing agency | Tallinna Vesi |
Built | 1960 |
First flooded | 1960 |
Max. length | 3.9 km (2.4 mi) |
Max. width | 1.8 km (1.1 mi) |
Surface area | 420.2 ha (1,038 acres) |
Average depth | 3.4 m (11 ft) |
Max. depth | 8.7 m (29 ft) |
Water volume | 10,100 m3 (360,000 cu ft) |
Residence time | 8 weeks |
Shore length1 | 25.5 km (15.8 mi) |
Surface elevation | 72.5 m (238 ft) |
Islands | 22 |
Settlements | Kiruvere, Ardu |
References | [1][2] |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
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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]