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The Kuma-Manych Canal is an irrigation
Irrigation

Irrigation is an artificial application of water to the soil usually for assisting in growing crops. In crop production it is mainly used in dry areas and in periods of rainfall shortfalls, but also to protect plants against frost....
 canal
Canal

Canals are artificial channels for water. There are two types of canals: Aqueduct canals, which are used for the conveyance and delivery of water, and waterways, which are navigable transportation canals used for passage of goods and people, often connected to existing lakes, rivers, or oceans....
 in Russia's Stavropol Krai
Stavropol Krai

Stavropol Krai is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia of Stavropol....
. The canal, completed in 1965, runs across the Kuma-Manych Depression
Kuma-Manych Depression

The Kuma-Manych Depression , is a geological depression in southwestern Russia that separates the Russian Plain from the Fore-Caucasus . It is named after Kuma and Manych rivers....
, connecting the Kuma River
Kuma River (Russia)

The Kuma is an 802 km long river in southern Russia. Its drainage basin is 33 500 square km. Its source is in the northern Caucasus, in the republic Karachay-Cherkessia, west of Kislovodsk....
, which flows into the Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the List of lakes by area or a full-fledged sea. It has a surface area of 371,000 square kilometers and a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometers ....
, with the East Manych River
Manych River

Manych is the name applied to a system of rivers and lakes in the western and central part of the Kuma-Manych Depression in southern Russia....
, which also flows toward the Caspian, but dries out long before reaching it. The East Manych River should not be confused with the West Manych
Manych River

Manych is the name applied to a system of rivers and lakes in the western and central part of the Kuma-Manych Depression in southern Russia....
, a tributary of the Don
Don River (Russia)

The Don is one of the major rivers of Russia. It rises in the town of Novomoskovsk, Russia 60 kilometres southeast from Tula, Russia, southeast of Moscow, and flows for a distance of about 1,950 kilometres to the Sea of Azov....
 which flows into the Sea of Azov
Sea of Azov

The Sea of Azov is the world's shallowest sea, linked by the Strait of Kerch to the Black Sea to the south. It is bounded on the north by Ukraine, on the east by Russia and on the west by the Crimean peninsula....
 and connects to the Black Sea
Black Sea

The Black Sea is an inland sea sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolia and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Seas and various straits....
.

The Kuma-Manych Canal begins near the village of Novokumsky on the Kuma River, between the cities of Budyonnovsk
Budyonnovsk

Budyonnovsk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Stavropol Krai, Russia. Formerly known as Svyatoy Krest and Prikumsk. Population: 65,687 ; 55,350 ....
 and Neftekumsk
Neftekumsk

Neftekumsk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Stavropol Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kuma River , 305 km east of Stavropol....
.






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The Kuma-Manych Canal is an irrigation
Irrigation

Irrigation is an artificial application of water to the soil usually for assisting in growing crops. In crop production it is mainly used in dry areas and in periods of rainfall shortfalls, but also to protect plants against frost....
 canal
Canal

Canals are artificial channels for water. There are two types of canals: Aqueduct canals, which are used for the conveyance and delivery of water, and waterways, which are navigable transportation canals used for passage of goods and people, often connected to existing lakes, rivers, or oceans....
 in Russia's Stavropol Krai
Stavropol Krai

Stavropol Krai is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia of Stavropol....
. The canal, completed in 1965, runs across the Kuma-Manych Depression
Kuma-Manych Depression

The Kuma-Manych Depression , is a geological depression in southwestern Russia that separates the Russian Plain from the Fore-Caucasus . It is named after Kuma and Manych rivers....
, connecting the Kuma River
Kuma River (Russia)

The Kuma is an 802 km long river in southern Russia. Its drainage basin is 33 500 square km. Its source is in the northern Caucasus, in the republic Karachay-Cherkessia, west of Kislovodsk....
, which flows into the Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the List of lakes by area or a full-fledged sea. It has a surface area of 371,000 square kilometers and a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometers ....
, with the East Manych River
Manych River

Manych is the name applied to a system of rivers and lakes in the western and central part of the Kuma-Manych Depression in southern Russia....
, which also flows toward the Caspian, but dries out long before reaching it. The East Manych River should not be confused with the West Manych
Manych River

Manych is the name applied to a system of rivers and lakes in the western and central part of the Kuma-Manych Depression in southern Russia....
, a tributary of the Don
Don River (Russia)

The Don is one of the major rivers of Russia. It rises in the town of Novomoskovsk, Russia 60 kilometres southeast from Tula, Russia, southeast of Moscow, and flows for a distance of about 1,950 kilometres to the Sea of Azov....
 which flows into the Sea of Azov
Sea of Azov

The Sea of Azov is the world's shallowest sea, linked by the Strait of Kerch to the Black Sea to the south. It is bounded on the north by Ukraine, on the east by Russia and on the west by the Crimean peninsula....
 and connects to the Black Sea
Black Sea

The Black Sea is an inland sea sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolia and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Seas and various straits....
.

The Kuma-Manych Canal begins near the village of Novokumsky on the Kuma River, between the cities of Budyonnovsk
Budyonnovsk

Budyonnovsk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Stavropol Krai, Russia. Formerly known as Svyatoy Krest and Prikumsk. Population: 65,687 ; 55,350 ....
 and Neftekumsk
Neftekumsk

Neftekumsk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Stavropol Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kuma River , 305 km east of Stavropol....
. Its starting point is at a small reservoir on the Kuma River into which the Terek-Kuma Canal (??????-??????? ?????; completed 1958) brings the Terel water from the south. From there, the Kuma-Manych Canal carries water first toward the north-east, and then toward the north-west, ending at the southern shore of the Chogray Reservoir
Chogray Reservoir

Chogray Reservoir is an artificial reservoir on the Manych River on the border of Stavropol Krai and Kalmykia in southern Russia.The reservoir, 49 km long, was constructed in 1969-1973, primarily to satisfy the demands of local irrigated farming....
 on the East Manych River; Google maps show a small peninsula, formed by the alluvial deposits
River delta

A delta is a landform that is created at the mouth of a river where that river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, flat arid area, or another river....
 at the canal's end point there .

Other proposed canals in the area

In June 2007, the leaders of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a large Eurasian country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the List of countries by area as well as the world's largest landlocked country, it has a territory of 2,727,300 km? ....
 suggested that Russia build a much deeper canal (dubbed Eurasia Canal
Eurasia Canal

The Eurasia Canal is a proposed 700 km long canal connecting the Caspian Sea to the lower Black Sea along the Kuma-Manych Depression, which is often considered the border between Europe and Asia....
) along the bottom of the Kuma-Manych Depression, suitable for large-ship navigation between the Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the List of lakes by area or a full-fledged sea. It has a surface area of 371,000 square kilometers and a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometers ....
 and the Black Sea
Black Sea

The Black Sea is an inland sea sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolia and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Seas and various straits....
. The Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences
Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences

Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences was founded in 1946 as a state institution that joins active members , corresponding members, and leading scientists of Kazakhstan....
 started conducting a review of possible routes.

See also

  • Volga-Don Canal
    Volga-Don Canal

    File:Volgograd 1979.jpgLenin Volga-Don Shipping Canal is a canal which connects the Volga River and the Don River, Russia at their closest points....
     which links the Caspian Sea and Sea of Azov for purposes of transportation.