North Crimean One of the oldest operating canals in Ukraine is the
North Crimean Canal, which starts from former
Kakhovka Reservoir on the Dnieper near
Nova Kakhovka and stretches for across Northern Crimea and the
Kerch Peninsula. Its construction started in 1957 for irrigation of the
Kherson Oblast steppe regions and
Crimea, as well as water supply to
Simferopol,
Sevastopol, other populated places, and the Kerch Industrial District. The canal is designed to pass per second of water. It provides water to the Krasnoznamianka, Chapli, Kolonchak, Krasnoperekopsk, Krasnohvardiyske, Pervomaiske, and other irrigation systems with a total area of over in Crimea and Kherson Oblast.
Dnipro–Donbas Equally important is the
Dnipro – Donbas Canal, which is for water supply of
Kharkiv and cities of the
Donets basin as well as land irrigation. It starts from the
Dniprodzerzhynsk Water Reservoir on the Dnieper then runs through the valleys of the river Orel and
Orelka towards the
Krasnopavlivske Water Reservoir, then further to the Siversky Donets near the city of
Izyum. The first stage of the canal, which is over long, was built in 1970-1981. Next the canal passes almost to
Donetsk city and has a length of .
Siverskyi Donets–Donbas The
Siverskyi Donets – Donbas Canal, designed to supply per second of water, was put into service in 1958.
Kakhovka The
Kakhovka Canal stretches from former Kakhovka Reservoir upstream of
Kakhovka across the
Pontic steppes almost to the
Molochna estuary (liman) and has a length of . The canal was constructed in 1980 for irrigation of agricultural lands. It is also used for water supply to populated places. Its flow rate is up to . Around the lands of
Askania Nova for environmental measures was built a vertical drainage around whole contour of the reserve.
Dnipro–Kryvyi Rih The
Dnipro – Kryvyi Rih Canal stretches from the Kakhovka Reservoir near the village of Marianske (
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) towards the region of
Kryvyi Rih and has a total length of over . It is designed for water supply of
Kryvbas and irrigation of surrounding farmlands. It was built in 1957-1961 and reconstructed in 1975-1979. The total volume of water supplied by the canal for the purposes of water supply is , for irrigation - per year.
Dnipro–Inhulets The
Dnipro – Inhulets Canal (
Kirovohrad Oblast) runs from the
Kremenchuk Water Reservoir on the Dnieper to the
Inhulets River, has a length of , and is used for irrigation and water supply. ==References==