Irtysh-Karaganda Canal
The Irtysh-Karaganda Canal (officially academics Satbayev channel ; Russian: Канал имени Каныша Сатпаева or канал Иртыш-Караганда ) is located in Kazakhstan and supplied in the steppe industrial city located Karaganda (formerly Russian Karaganda ) (about 400,000 inhabitants) with water.
Technical specifications
The unique canal is 502 km long and is open. From the water-rich Irtysch -Tal near Pawlodar (beginning of the channel 51 ° 59 '37 " N , 76 ° 59' 30" O ) to the dry Qaraghandy (channel end 49 ° 58 '22 " N , 73 ° 15' 49" O ) overcomes the channel About 500 m difference in altitude, 22 pumping stations are necessary for this. The canal is therefore not navigable, it only serves as an oversized water pipe. The canal is 30–50 meters wide and up to 7 meters deep.