Irtysh–Karaganda Canal
Irtysh–Karaganda Canal Ертіс-Қарағанды каналы | |
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Aksu | |
End point | Karaganda |
The Irtysh–Karaganda Canal (
Description
The canal starts at 51°59′38″N 76°59′27″E / 51.99389°N 76.99083°E, just south of the city of
On its route, the canal passes through numerous reservoirs (the
The canal crosses the
As Karaganda is located at a higher elevation than the Irtysh, the canal is furnished with 22 pumping stations, raising the water by 475 m in total.[3][4]
History
The construction of the canal started in 1962. It was put to use by 1968, and fully completed by 1974.
In the early 21st century, a pipeline was built from the canal to the
As of 2013, proposals are floated in Kazakhstan about either extending the Irtysh–Karaganda Canal all the way to the Ishim River upstream of Astana, or building a new canal between the Irtysh and Astana.[5]
According to a report published in 2013, the canal presently operates at only about one-half of its full capacity.[6]
Notes
- The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1979
- ^ Satellite view on Google Maps
- ^ L'vovich, M. I. (1979), World Water Resources and Their Future, American Geophysical Union, p. 344
- ISBN 8171885209
- ^ Kazakhstan considering a water canal to link the Irtysh River to the Ishim River across Astana, 2013-10-07
- ^ Kulikov, Evgeny Vyacheslavovich (Куликов Евгений Вячеславович) (2013-08-23), Adapting of fisheries management to the changing Irtysh water basin hydrological regime, archived from the original on 2013-09-25, retrieved 2013-09-21
External links
- Media related to Irtysh–Karaganda Canal at Wikimedia Commons