| Kakhovka Canal | |||||||||||
| Location: |  Kherson Oblast, Ukraine | ||||||||||
| Length Km: | 130 | ||||||||||
| Length Mi: | auto | ||||||||||
| Date Completed: | 1979 | ||||||||||
| Direction: | East | ||||||||||
| Start Point: | Dnipro river | ||||||||||
| Begin Coord: | 46.8153°N 33.6142°W | ||||||||||
| End Point: | Sea of Azov | ||||||||||
| End Coord: | 46.4253°N 35.0631°W | ||||||||||
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The Kakhovka Canal (Ukrainian: Каховський канал) is a canal in southern Ukraine connecting between the Dnipro river and the Sea of Azov. It has a total length of, and is a part of the Kakhovka Irrigation System that provides irrigation for farmlands in much of Kherson Oblast.[1]
The canal was completed in 1979, and provides water for of farmland.[2]
In 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian military blew up the main pumping station used for the canal. As a result, much of the units responsible for running the canal were flooded.[3]