Canal in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
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]
History
The 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]
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