San Carlos Canal
| San Carlos Canal | |
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Santiago de Chile , Chile
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| length | 30.3 km |
| Built | 1802-1820 |
| Beginning | Near La Obra in the municipality of San José de Maipo ( 33 ° 36 ′ S , 70 ° 30 ′ W ) |
| The End | At the Costanera Center in Providencia Municipality ( 33 ° 25 ′ S , 70 ° 37 ′ W ) |
| Used river | Río Maipo |
| Competent authority | Sociedad del Canal del Maipo |
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The San Carlos Canal (Spanish: Canal San Carlos) in Santiago de Chile is a supply canal through which water is taken from the Río Maipo and directed along the foot of the Andes to the Río Mapocho . It is a major canal of the extensive system of irrigation canals for Greater Santiago. The canal was built in the first quarter of the 19th century. It was the first to supply agriculture in the areas bordering the capital to the south. Part of the water is distributed via connecting canals in the south of the city, another part is fed to the Río Mapocho and another part crosses under the Mapocho to flow further north in the El Carmen Canal.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Constanza Echeverría Prado: Después de #Agua va! Algunos registros, conclusiones y aprendizajes. September 10, 2013, Retrieved May 22, 2016 (Spanish).
- ^ A b Sociedad del Canal de Maipo. Sociedad del Canal de Maipo, accessed May 22, 2016 (Spanish).
- ↑ a b Coordinates determined using GoogleEarth, 2016