A number of large hydroelectric reservoirs were constructed on the Volga during the Soviet rule.
The hydroelectric reservoir was built at the same time as Grimselsee.
Many geysers in this zone were destroyed due to geothermal developments and a hydroelectric reservoir, but several dozen geysers still exist.
Immediately above the town, the river has been dammed to form a hydroelectric reservoir extending some 6 miles (10 km) up the valley.
The potential for massive greenhouse gas emissions in large hydroelectric reservoirs has also generated considerable debate since the Kyoto Protocol on climate change of 1997.
Since the highest dams are located in Alpine regions, many large mountain lakes are artificial and are used as hydroelectric reservoirs.
Lake Gaston is a hydroelectric reservoir in east United States of America.
This is the fifth largest hydroelectric reservoir by area in France having an area of 1260 hectares.
Its dams were built between 1898 and 1900, the first hydroelectric reservoir in Switzerland.
During that period, B.C. recharges its hydroelectric reservoirs.