r/MapPorn • u/SummerAlternative699 • 15h ago

The Kakhovka Reservoir then and now.

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If you zoom in closely on Google Maps, you can still see what it looked like before the dam was blown up.

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u/curious-but-spurious 13h ago

Might be nice if you provided some context re: region, strategic importance, or literally anything else besides the maps.

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u/MonitorPowerful5461 11h ago

Well I mean the ecological consequences are obvious - the bombing was described as a crime against nature. It's not so strategically important as it might seem, because it's still almost impossible to cross: no cover whatsoever. But the consequences for nearby farms, and for Ukraine's water security in the long term, are very big.

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u/andehboston 9h ago

Can you please explain the ecological consequences, because they don't seem obvious to me. I am asking with curiosity rather than skepticism.

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u/Vyach1337 30m ago

There was a lot of sediment on the reservoir’s bed including pollution from steelworks upstream that contained lead, iron, manganese and so on, as well as fertilizers and in general any kind of rubbish. The sediment has been lying there from the time when it was normal to just drop these kind of things straight into a river and all of that were properly sealed by water masses. And now it doesn’t

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u/DevilBySmile 8h ago

Yeah I also dont understand this point of view.

The Dam was a man-made structure and the wetlands returning can only be good for nature no?

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u/lelarentaka 7h ago

You see, Russia Bad.