The Shieli-Telikol Canal (), also known as "Shieli Canal" and "Telikol Canal",
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. It connects the Telikol lakes with Shieli.

Geography

The canal begins in the Telikol lacustrine area at the mouth of the Sarysu river in the north. It runs almost straight southwards for at the eastern end of the Daryaly takir plain, to end up near Shieli, a town on the right bank of the

Syr Darya The Syr Darya ( ),; ; ; ; ; /. historically known as the Jaxartes ( , ), is a river in Central Asia. The name, which is Persian language, Persian, literally means ''Syr Sea'' or ''Syr River''. It originates in the Tian Shan, Tian Shan Mountain ...

river. The width of the canal is to and its depth to . It has a flow of and irrigates an area of roughly in the

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and Shieli districts.OECD Studies on Water — ''Strengthening Shardara Multi-Purpose Water Infrastructure in Kazakhstan'', OECD, p. 35

References

External links

Contribution to OECD Country Programme for Kazakhstan - Strengthening the Role of Multi-Purpose Water Infrastructure (Annex)The Assessment of Irrigated Land Salinization in the Aral Sea Region
Syr Darya basin Sarysu basin Canals in Kazakhstan Irrigation canals Kyzylorda Region {{KyzylordaRegion-geo-stub