Draining of the Kakhovsky Reservoir may lead to desertification of southern Ukraine – Ministry of Defense
The shallowing of the Kahovsky Reservoir as a result of the Russian Federation’s detonation of the hydroelectric dam may increase the trend of desertification in the south of Ukraine. Drainage of the territories in the future will affect the food system, Vladyslav Dudar, an officer of the Main Department of Mine Action of Civil Defense and Environmental Security of the Ministry of Defense, said during the briefing “Three months since the occupiers destroyed the dam of the Kakhovskaya HPP” on September 5. According to him, the average annual precipitation in the Kherson region is 400 mm. They exceed the indicators characteristic of deserts, in particular, in Spain, where an average of 200 mm of precipitation falls per year. However, the lack of a sustainable water supply, which was provided by the reservoir, will negatively affect the ecology of the south, says Dudar. Photo: BMG_Borusse/Depositphotos “There are negative forecasts that indicate an increase in the process of aridization (desertification) of the Kherson region. The majority of specialists are not inclined that it will become a desert, because there is enough precipitation in the region,” added the officer of the State Department of Mine Action of Civil Defense and Environmental Safety Ministry of Defense Earlier, the Ministry of Health reported that outbreaks of cholera after the Russian terrorist attack at the Kakhovskaya HPP were avoided. Read also: Chemicals and fish plague: water may become unusable due to the accident at the Kakhovskaya HPP – Ministry of Health
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