The Kakhovka Canal (Ukrainian: Каховський канал) is a canal in southern Ukraine connecting between the Dnipro river and the Sea of Azov. It has a total length of 130 kilometres (81 mi), and is a part of the Kakhovka Irrigation System that provides irrigation for farmlands in much of Kherson Oblast.[1]
| Kakhovka Canal | |
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| Location |  Kherson Oblast, Ukraine |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 130 km (81 miles) |
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| Date completed | 1979 |
| Geography | |
| Direction | East |
| Start point | Dnipro river |
| End point | Sea of Azov |
| Beginning coordinates | 46°48′55″N 33°36′51″E / 46.81528°N 33.61417°E |
| Ending coordinates | 46°25′31″N 35°03′47″E / 46.42528°N 35.06306°E |
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History
editThe canal was completed in 1979, and provides water for 195,000 hectares (480,000 acres) of farmland.[2]
In 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian military blew up the main pumping station used for the canal. As a result, much of the units responsible for running the canal were flooded.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Забезпеченість області водними ресурсами" (in Ukrainian). Управление водными ресурсами Херсонской области. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012.
- ^ "Каховский канал. Большой энциклопедический словарь. Сельское хозяйство" (in Russian). www.cnshb.ru. Archived from the original on May 21, 2008.
- ^ "Ворог затопив головну насосну станцію Каховського магістрального каналу - Хлань". Ukrinform. December 1, 2022.