Manytsch / Маныч, Западный Маныч

The Manych (Russian: Маныч) is a river in the Black Sea–Caspian Steppe of Southern Russia. It flows through the western and central part of the Kuma–Manych Depression. In ancient times, it was known as the Lik.
A tributary of the Don, it is 420 kilometers (260 mi) long, with its current source at the mouth of the Kalaus in the southwestern part of the Republic of Kalmykia. It flows through the town of Proletarsk and joins the Don in Manychskaya, east of the city of Rostov-on-Don.
Along the Manych, going downstream, there are:

Dam at 45.70°N 44.10°E / 45.70; 44.10 at the mouth of the Kalaus River blocking flow eastward to East Manych
Lysyy Liman Reservoir (Dam at 45.87°N 44.20°E / 45.87; 44.20) in between these two dams
A section that is almost dry
Lake Manych-Gudilo
Proletarsk (Proletarskoye) Reservoir (Пролетарское водохранилище) (Dam at 46°37′53″N 41°39′36″E, near the town of Proletarsk)
Vesyolovskoye Reservoir (Весёловское водохранилище) (Dam at 47°06′36″N 40°46′37″E, near Vesyoly).
Ust-Manych Reservoir near the river mouth (Усть-Манычское водохранилище) (Dam at 47°14′20″N 40°15′53″E)
The Proletarsk Dam is sufficiently high to raise the water level in Lake Manych-Gudilo upstream from it, so in fact the lake has become part of the Proletarsk Reservoir. The three reservoirs (and Lake Manych-Gudilo) form an almost continuous chain, the original course of the river being almost entirely flooded by them. According to the calculations of the Russian geographer Alexander Bazelyuk, between Manych-Gudilo and the river mouth, merely 9.1 km (5.7 mi) of the length of the West Manych river remains in its original "river" (rather than reservoir) form: 8.2 km (5.1 mi) from the Vesyolovsk Dam to the upper reaches of the Ust-Manych Reservoir, and 0.9 km (0.56 mi) from the Ust-Manych Dam to where the river joins the Don.

Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manych