North Crimean Canal
| North Crimean Canal | |
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| Specifications | |
| Length | 250.1 miles (402.5 km) |
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| Date of act | September 21, 1950 |
North Crimean Canal (Ukrainian: Північно-Кримський канал) is a land improvement canal for irrigation and watering of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine and Crimean Peninsula, a disputed territory between Russia and Ukraine since the end of February of 2014. It was built in 1961-1971 and has multiple branches.
Overview
The canal starts from the Kakhovka Reservoir (city of Tavriisk)[1] and stretches out towards of the city of Kerch on the east coast of Crimea terminating at the small village Zelnyi Yar[1] (Lenine Raion) from where water is supplied to Kerch city via big gauge pipeline.[1] The length of main (magistral) canal is 402.6 km (250.2 mi)[1] and there are seven[1] water reservoirs.
From Tavriisk water flows by itself to Dzhankoy[1] where it is elevated by four pump stations[1] to the height of over 100 m (330 ft).[1]
The smaller branching canals are Razdolne rice canal, Azov rice canal, Krasnohvardiiske distribution canal, Uniting canal, and Saky canal. Through those branching canals water is also supplied to Simferopol.[1]
After the 2014 Crimean crisis and the take over of Crimean by the Russian Federation the canal was nearly closed off at the Kerch side affecting the farmers in Crimea.[2]
Gallery
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Sign with information about the canal
Branches
External links
- Berezovsky, E. Северо-Крымский - дорога куда? (North-Crimean is road to where?). "Ekologiya i Mir" (Crimean Republican Association).
- Nina Bogutskaya, Jennifer Hales [1] Crimean Peninsula. Freshwater Ecoregions of the World.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Tymchenko, Z. North Crimean Canal. History of construction. Ukrayinska Pravda. May 13, 2014 (Krymskiye izvestiya. November 2012)
- ^ "Russia fears Crimea water shortage as supply drops". 25 April 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-26.