Zhanadariinsky Canal ( Kazakh. Zhanadaria Canals ) is an artificial watercourse located on the left bank of the Syr Darya River, which passes through the territory of the Kyzylorda Oblast of the Republic of Kazakhstan .
| Zhanadari channel | |
|---|---|
 Syr Darya from orbit | |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Region | Kyzylorda Region |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 592.3 km |
 - head  - mouth | |
The Zhanadari Canal was commissioned in 1958. On this channel there are 19 hydraulic structures and existing branches with a total length of about 150 kilometers [1] .
The channel is designed to supply water for irrigation of pasture in the north of the sandy Kyzylkum desert and irrigation of crops of fodder and vegetable and melon crops, as well as irrigation of natural forage lands [1] .
The length of the Zhanadariinsky Canal is 592 kilometers 300 meters, of which 535.6 kilometers pass along the natural channel (see Zhanadarya ) [1] .
The channel capacity in the head part is 50 m³ / s, in the natural channel up to 200 m³ / s [1] .
At the 210th kilometer of the Zhanadariinsky Canal, the Kuandaria Canal originates with a throughput of 20 m³ / s and a length of 436.4 km using the dry channel (407 km long) with a water flow rate of up to 60 m³ / s.
There are several hunting farms along the channel of the Zhanadariinsky Canal [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Zhanadari channel // Kazakhstan. National Encyclopedia . - Almaty: Kazakh encyclopedias , 2005. - T. II. - ISBN 9965-9746-3-2 .
Literature
When writing this article, material from the publication Kazakhstan. National Encyclopedia ”(1998-2007), provided by the editors of the“ Kazakh Encyclopedia ”under a Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 Unported license .