The Tersko-Kumsky canal is an irrigation canal that transfers water from the Terek River and to the Kuma River. The canal is designed to pass 200 m³ / s of water through the head structures, and the average annual flow rate of the canal is about 2.7 billion m³ of water, which is more than 1/3 of the average annual flow of the Terek , with 1.2 billion m³ being transported via the Kumo-Manych Canal to the Chograi reservoir .
| Tersko-Kumsky Canal | |
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| Location | |
| A country |
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| Subjects of the Russian Federation | Stavropol Territory , North Ossetia |
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| Characteristic | |
| Length | 150.3 km |
| Water consumption | 200 m³ / s |
| Watercourse | |
| Head | Terek |
| Mouth | Kuma |
| Channel slope | 0.00014 m / km |
Geography
The channel originates at the village of Pavlodolskaya , where the Terek river is blocked by a dam, flows into the Kumu river at the Levokum dam.
Structure
The self-propelled canal with three drops is Mozdoksky at 21 km (water drop height 7.9 m), Gorky-Balkovsky at 113 km (31.6 m) and Kumsky at 146 km (20.5 m); an emergency discharge was built at 82 km (with a flow rate of 50 m³ / s).
Literature
- I.A. Dolgushev. Irrigation and watering systems of the USSR, c. 1, M., 1968.
Notes
- ↑ Surface Water Resources of the USSR: Hydrological Understanding. T. 8. The North Caucasus / ed. D. D. Mordukhai-Boltovsky. - L .: Gidrometeoizdat, 1964 .-- 309 p.