page_title: Vorotan Cascade
section_title: Spandaryan Reservoir
hierarchical_section_title: Vorotan Cascade / Reservoirs / Spandaryan Reservoir
caption_attribution_description: Spandaryan reservoir in Sisian.
context_page_description: The Vorotan Cascade, or the ContourGlobal™ Hydro Cascade, is a cascade on the Vorotan River in Syunik Province, Armenia. It was built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation water. The Vorotan Cascade consists of three hydroelectric power plants and five reservoirs with a combined installed capacity of 404.2 MW. It is one of the main power generation complexes in Armenia.
context_section_description: Spandaryan Reservoir is located southeast of Gorayk, in Spandaryan in the Vorotan River basin. It is connected to Arpa River and Arpa River basin by a 9-mile (14 km) long tunnel. It reportedly has a breeding colony of lesser kestrels, the only known in Armenia.
  The reservoir's length is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi), its width varies from 2.5 to 3 kilometres (1.6 to 1.9 mi), and its depth is 73 metres (240 ft).   The surface area of the reservoir is 10.8 square kilometres (4.2 sq mi).  It has 218,000,000 cubic metres (177,000 acre⋅ft) active and 257,000,000 cubic metres (208,000 acre⋅ft) total capacities. The normal elevation of water level is 2,060 metres (6,760 ft) while 2,030 metres (6,660 ft) is the absolute minimum.
caption: Spandaryan Reservoir
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