Southern Canal (Arizona)

The Southern Canal is a canal in Maricopa County , State of Arizona and is located in the eastern part of the metropolitan area around the city of Phoenix (Arizona) .

The canal is created in Scottsdale by the Granite Reef weir on the Salt River . Its original purpose was to irrigate agricultural crops. The Southern Canal flows through Mesa and just before it joins the Consolidated Canal it flows through the Park of the Canals .

The federal government built the canal between 1906 and 1908. Almost every year floods occurred as a result of heavy rainfall and the low gradient in the neighboring districts.

Web links

• Photo series of flood events in the Phoenix / Arizona region since the 1940s (Panoramio, images from the local disaster control agency)
• Map of Maricopa County

Coordinates: 33 ° 29 '42 "  N , 111 ° 43' 12"  W.