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Rybinsk Reservoir
Rybinsk Reservoir
, informally called the
Rybinsk Sea
, is a water
reservoir
on the
Volga River
and its
tributaries
Sheksna
and
Mologa
, formed by
Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station
dam, located on the territories of
Tver
,
Vologda
, and
Yaroslavl Oblasts
. At the time of its construction, it was the largest man-made body of water on Earth. It is the northernmost point of the Volga. The
Volga-Baltic Waterway
starts from there. The principal ports are
Cherepovets
in Vologda Oblast and
Vesyegonsk
in Tver Oblast.
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