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- Karakum_Canal abstract "The Karakum Canal (Qaraqum Canal, Kara Kum Canal, Garagum Canal; Russian: Каракумский канал, Karakumsky Kanal, Turkmen: Garagum kanaly) in Turkmenistan is one of the largest irrigation and water supply canals in the world. Started in 1954, and completed in 1988, it is navigable over much of its 1,375 km length, and carries 13 km³ of water annually from the Amu-Darya River across the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan. The canal opened up huge new tracts of land to agriculture, especially to cotton monoculture heavily promoted by the Soviet Union, and supplying Ashgabat with a major source of water. Unfortunately, the primitive construction of the canal allows almost 50% of the water to escape en route, creating lakes and ponds along the canal, and a rise in groundwater leading to widespread soil salinization problems. The canal is also a major factor leading to the Aral Sea environmental disaster.".
- Karakum_Canal wikiPageID "2361868".
- Karakum_Canal wikiPageRevisionID "601217345".
- Karakum_Canal hasPhotoCollection Karakum_Canal.
- Karakum_Canal subject Category:Agriculture_in_Turkmenistan.
- Karakum_Canal subject Category:Buildings_and_structures_built_in_the_Soviet_Union.
- Karakum_Canal subject Category:Canals_in_Turkmenistan.
- Karakum_Canal subject Category:Cotton.
- Karakum_Canal subject Category:Irrigation_canals.
- Karakum_Canal subject Category:Irrigation_in_Turkmenistan.
- Karakum_Canal point "38.254444444444445 57.81916666666667".
- Karakum_Canal type SpatialThing.
- Karakum_Canal comment "The Karakum Canal (Qaraqum Canal, Kara Kum Canal, Garagum Canal; Russian: Каракумский канал, Karakumsky Kanal, Turkmen: Garagum kanaly) in Turkmenistan is one of the largest irrigation and water supply canals in the world. Started in 1954, and completed in 1988, it is navigable over much of its 1,375 km length, and carries 13 km³ of water annually from the Amu-Darya River across the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan.".
- Karakum_Canal label "Canal de Karakum".
- Karakum_Canal label "Canal du Karakoum".
- Karakum_Canal label "Canale del Karakum".
- Karakum_Canal label "Kanał Karakumski".
- Karakum_Canal label "Karakum Canal".
- Karakum_Canal label "Karakumkanaal".
- Karakum_Canal label "Karakumkanal".
- Karakum_Canal label "Каракумский канал".
- Karakum_Canal label "カラクーム運河".
- Karakum_Canal label "卡拉庫姆運河".
- Karakum_Canal sameAs Karakumský_kanál.
- Karakum_Canal sameAs Karakumkanal.
- Karakum_Canal sameAs Canal_de_Karakum.
- Karakum_Canal sameAs Canal_du_Karakoum.
- Karakum_Canal sameAs Canale_del_Karakum.
- Karakum_Canal sameAs カラクーム運河.
- Karakum_Canal sameAs Karakumkanaal.
- Karakum_Canal sameAs Kanał_Karakumski.
- Karakum_Canal sameAs m.076j_y.
- Karakum_Canal sameAs Q224919.
- Karakum_Canal sameAs Q224919.
- Karakum_Canal lat "38.254444444444445".
- Karakum_Canal long "57.81916666666667".
- Karakum_Canal wasDerivedFrom Karakum_Canal?oldid=601217345.
- Karakum_Canal isPrimaryTopicOf Karakum_Canal.