Dnipro – Donbas Canal

Dnipro – Donbas Canal
Scenery near the canal
Location	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast  Kharkiv Oblast
Country	Ukraine
Specifications
Length	263 km (163 miles)
History
Date completed	1981
Geography
Direction	East
Start point	Dnipro
End point	Siverskyi Donets
Beginning coordinates	48°44′10″N 34°18′38″E
Ending coordinates	49°10′21″N 36°59′09″E

The Dnipro – Donbas Canal (Ukrainian: Канал Дніпро — Донбас, romanized: Kanal Dnipro — Donbas), also known as Dnieper – Donbass Canal (Russian: Канал Днепр — Донбасс, romanized: Kanal Dnepr — Donbass) is a canal in Eastern Ukraine, connecting the Siverskyi Donets with the Dnipro River. The canal is mainly to improve the area's depleted water supplies, and is one of the largest canals in the Dnipro basin.^[1]

History

Throughout the 20th century, Soviet industrialization depleted the freshwater supplies in eastern Ukraine.^[2] With the construction of Siverskyi Donets – Donbas Canal in the 1950s, the main source in Siverskyi Donets became further depleted.

Construction of a new canal between the Dnipro and the Donbas region began in 1969, and was originally planned on two stages: the first from the Dnipro river to near Izium, and the second towards the city of Donetsk. The first section opened in 1981, but construction of the second section was suspended, and that section never opened.^[2]

Characteristics

The canal begins from the Dnipro river in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and ends at the Siverskyi Donets in Kharkiv Oblast, for a total length of 263 kilometres (163 mi).^[2]

See also

• North Crimean Canal
• Siverskyi Donets – Donbas Canal

References

1. "Technical Report: Description of the Characteristics of Dnipro River basin. Summary" (PDF). European Union. January 2020. p. 14.
2. "Dnipro-Donbas Canal". Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine. 1984.