Shawat (Canal)
| Shawat (Canal) | |
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| length | 160 km |
| Beginning | near Topchi |
| Parting posture | 105 m at the beginning of the canal |
| The End | near the town of Pachtachilyk |
| Used river | Amu Darya |
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The Shawat Canal is an irrigation canal named after the city of the same name in Shawat in Uzbekistan ( Xorazm Province ). It runs through the Central Asian states of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan . The channel is part of the Schawat-Kulawat-channel system and has for the water supply of the region Choresmien an immense importance.
course
The channel receives its water from the Tuyamuyun reservoirs comprised of multiple reservoirs on the Amudarja exists. From there, the water is distributed over a total of 160 kilometers through the Shawat in southern Uzbekistan and northern Turkmenistan. The canal runs through the cities of Urganch in Uzbekistan and Daşoguz in Turkmenistan.
use
The water in the canal is of great importance for the region, which repeatedly has to struggle with water scarcity. The local economy, especially the water-intensive cotton industry , is dependent on the Shawat. Disputes about the distribution of water repeatedly lead to conflicts between residents, companies and those responsible for the Shawat-Kulawat system. In order to improve the use of water, a system for increasing efficiency and distributing water was developed in cooperation with the Center for Development Research at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn , which was launched in October 2009.
Deaths
Due to the strong currents in the canal, deaths occur again and again when people swim in the canal. The suicide of a young couple who jumped hand in hand into the canal on April 25, 2015 near Daşoguz in Turkmenistan also caused great concern.
Individual evidence
- ^ Nicholas Breyfogle: Eurasian Environments: Nature and Ecology in Imperial Russian and Soviet History .
- ↑ Shortage of irrigation and drinking water reported in some districts of Uzbekistan. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
- ↑ ZEF Archive 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Hayot Ibrakhimov: Mapping marginal lands in the Khorezm province .
- ^ Turkmen Romeo and Juliet. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .