Canals in Ukraine () are mostly for irrigation or water supply. Most of them are supervised by the Canal Administration of the State Agency of water resources of Ukraine. As the rest of water resources canals compose the Water Fund of Ukraine and are included in the ''Water Cadastre (register) of Ukraine''. Most of the canals are in the basins of the

Dnieper The Dnieper or Dnepr ( ), also called Dnipro ( ), is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. Approximately long, with ...

and Siversky Donets, with some in the

Danube The Danube ( ; see also #Names and etymology, other names) is the List of rivers of Europe#Longest rivers, second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It flows through Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest sou ...

basin. Their main purpose is water supply, irrigation, and drainage of land; they are also used partially for fish farming and recreation.

List of Canals

North Crimean

One of the oldest operating canals in Ukraine is the North Crimean Canal, which starts from former Kakhovka Reservoir on the Dnieper near

Nova Kakhovka Nova Kakhovka (, ; ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city in Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. Nova Kakhovka has been under Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast, Russian occupation since February 2022. Its estimated population ...

and stretches for across Northern Crimea and the

Kerch Peninsula The Kerch Peninsula is a major and prominent geographic peninsula located at the eastern end of the Crimean Peninsula. This peninsula stretches eastward toward the Taman Peninsula between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. Most of the peninsula i ...

. Its construction started in 1957 for irrigation of the

Kherson Oblast Kherson Oblast (, ; ), also known as Khersonshchyna (, ), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in southern Ukraine. It is located just north of Crimea. Its administrative center is Kherson, on the northern or right bank ...

steppe regions and

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, as well as water supply to

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, other populated places, and the Kerch Industrial District. The canal is designed to pass per second of water. It provides water to the Krasnoznamianka, Chapli, Kolonchak, Krasnoperekopsk, Krasnohvardiyske, Pervomaiske, and other irrigation systems with a total area of over in Crimea and Kherson Oblast.

Dnipro–Donbas

Equally important is the Dnipro – Donbas Canal, which is for water supply of

Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

and cities of the

Donets basin The Seversky Donets () or Siverskyi Donets (), usually simply called the Donets (), is a river on the south of the East European Plain. It originates in the Central Russian Upland, north of Belgorod, flows south-east through Ukraine (Kharkiv ...

as well as land irrigation. It starts from the Dniprodzerzhynsk Water Reservoir on the Dnieper then runs through the valleys of the river Orel and Orelka towards the Krasnopavlivske Water Reservoir, then further to the Siversky Donets near the city of Izyum. The first stage of the canal, which is over long, was built in 1970-1981. Next the canal passes almost to

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; ; ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capita ...

city and has a length of .

Siverskyi Donets–Donbas

The Siverskyi Donets – Donbas Canal, designed to supply per second of water, was put into service in 1958.

Kakhovka

The Kakhovka Canal stretches from former Kakhovka Reservoir upstream of Kakhovka across the

Pontic steppe Pontic, from the Greek ''pontos'' (, ), or "sea", may refer to: The Black Sea Places * The Pontic colonies, on its northern shores * Pontus (region), a region on its southern shores * The Pontic–Caspian steppe, steppelands stretching from n ...

s almost to the Molochna estuary (liman) and has a length of . The canal was constructed in 1980 for irrigation of agricultural lands. It is also used for water supply to populated places. Its flow rate is up to . Around the lands of

Askania Nova Askania-Nova () is a biosphere reserve located in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, within the dry Taurida steppe near Oleshky Sands. An active member of the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme, the reserve maintains and conserves native steppe habi ...

for environmental measures was built a vertical drainage around whole contour of the reserve.

Dnipro–Kryvyi Rih

The Dnipro – Kryvyi Rih Canal stretches from the Kakhovka Reservoir near the village of Marianske (

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in simultaneously southern, eastern and central Ukraine, the most important industrial region of the country. It was created on February 27, 1932. Dnipropetro ...

) towards the region of Kryvyi Rih and has a total length of over . It is designed for water supply of Kryvbas and irrigation of surrounding farmlands. It was built in 1957-1961 and reconstructed in 1975-1979. The total volume of water supplied by the canal for the purposes of water supply is , for irrigation - per year.

Dnipro–Inhulets

The Dnipro – Inhulets Canal (

Kirovohrad Oblast Kirovohrad Oblast (), also known as Kirovohradshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (''province'') in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kropyvnytskyi. The oblast's population is It is ...

) runs from the Kremenchuk Water Reservoir on the Dnieper to the Inhulets River, has a length of , and is used for irrigation and water supply.

References

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External links

List of canals
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Water cadastre
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Water bodies of Ukraine: lakes, estuaries, reservoirs, marshes and canals
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