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  • | purpose = Irrigation, power ...tains six 25 MW [[hydroelectric]] turbine-generators.<ref>{{cite web|title=Irrigation and Drainage Systems in Khorezm, Uzbekistan|url=http://www.zef.de/fileadmin
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  • It's a tradition for people to plant trees, dredge irrigation canals, clean houses and prepare scrumptious food for guests during the festival.{
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  • ...алы}}, {{lang-ru|Канал Иртыш — Караганда}}) is an irrigation canal in [[Kazakhstan]]. It connects the [[Irtysh River]] with [[Karaganda] [[Category:Canals in Kazakhstan]]
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  • ...turtles are found in all waters. Common water snakes live on the banks of canals. Rat snakes and sand lizards are few and inhabit relatively high areas of l ...and Orsk-Khalilovsk metallurgical plants, and the low reaches are used for irrigation. Two reservoirs were created near Magnitogorsk, and there is a hydroelectri
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  • ...and then via a canal to the Aral Sea basin). The plan would involve other canals (not shown) to take the water further south.]] ...s were conceived (i.e. the [[Suez Canal|Suez]] and [[Panama Canal|Panama]] canals).
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  • ...Sherubainura, Ulkenkundyzdy, and Akbastau rivers. It is heavily used for [[irrigation]] and [[municipal water]] supply.<ref name="UNDP">{{cite web|url=http://www ...isplay=inline|type:landmark}}, in what appears to be a tunnel. Some of the canals water is directed into the Nura (a chute below the dam at {{coord|50|5|30|N
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  • ...her being the [[Amu Darya]]. In the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] era, extensive irrigation projects were constructed around both rivers, diverting their water into fa
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  • ...cess to [[international waters]] (through Russia's [[Volga]] river and the canals connecting it to the [[Black Sea]] and [[Baltic Sea]]) all depend upon the ...lack Sea) and [[Volga–Baltic Waterway|with the Baltic Sea]], with branch canals [[Northern Dvina Canal|to Northern Dvina]] and [[White Sea-Baltic Canal|to
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  • ...960s after the rivers that fed it were diverted by [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] irrigation projects. By 2007, it had declined to 10% of its original size, splitting i ===Irrigation canals===
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  • ...d the river waters are heavily diverted for [[agriculture|agricultural]] [[irrigation]] and for [[industry|industrial]] purposes. ...or desert irrigation in the early 1950s. A massive expansion of irrigation canals during the Soviet period, to irrigate [[cotton]] fields, wrought ecological
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  • ...founding new towns with the construction of new buildings. He rebuilt the canals and restocked the farms destroyed in the wars. He built strong fortificatio ...ahrawan Canal|Nahravan Canal]] is one of the greatest examples of Sasanian irrigation systems, and many of these things can still be found in Iran. The mountains
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