The Dnipro – Inhulets Canal (Ukrainian: Канал Дніпро — Інгулець), also known as the Dnieper – Ingulets Canal (Russian: Канал Днепр — Ингулец), is a canal in central Ukraine, and connects the Dnipro River with the Inhulets River.
| Dnipro – Inhulets Canal | |
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| Location | Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 150 km (93 miles) |
| History | |
| Date completed | 1988 |
| Geography | |
| Direction | South |
| Start point | Dnipro River |
| End point | Inhulets River |
| Beginning coordinates | 48°59′02″N 33°09′22″E / 48.98389°N 33.15611°E |
| Ending coordinates | 48°44′02″N 33°02′46″E / 48.73389°N 33.04611°E |
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History
editThe canal was completed in 1988, and is mainly used for irrigation and supplying water to residences and industires in nearby areas.[1]
Characteristics
editThe canal begins at the Kremenchuk Reservoir on the Dnipro River, where it flows south to near Oleksandriia on the Inhulets River. The total length of the canal is about 150 kilometres (93 mi).[2]
References
edit- ^ "Каналы Днепропетровской области: Канал Днепр — Ингулец" (in Russian). Tour Dnepr.
- ^ "Дніпро-Інгулець канал" (in Ukrainian). Encyclopedia of Ukraine.