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Texas Irrigation Canals
Texas has many irrigation canals with the majority of large canal networks in the Rio Grande Valley and the Gulf Coast, though smaller systems are located throughout the state. Canals provide water to dry climates to irrigate crops. Rio Grande Valley Canals El Paso area canals (upper Rio Grande valley) One large canal system in Texas is located along the Rio Grande near El Paso. The canal system begins at the American Diversion Dam on the Texas–New Mexico–Mexico border; it moves water into the American Canal on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande. This canal runs along the Rio Grande through the city of El Paso. Downstream from El Paso, the canal begins to divide into smaller canals (including the Franklin Canal) used to irrigate a great amount of the upper Rio Grande valley (El Paso and Hudspeth county water districts). The network is managed by the US Bureau of Reclamation. The major canals in this network are the Riverside Canal (El Paso), American Canal, and the Frankl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Canal
The American Canal is an irrigation canal in the Upper Rio Grande Valley near El Paso, Texas. The canal acquires water from the Rio Grande from the American Diversion Dam at the Texas–New Mexico–Mexico border, northwest of downtown El Paso. The canal supplies the majority of the raw water to El Paso’s Johnathan-Roger Water Treatment Plant. It also mitigates flooding in south El Paso neighborhoods. The canal travels along the Rio Grande for where it flows into the Franklin Canal and the rest of the canal network. Construction of the canal dates back to 1938. See also * Texas Irrigation Canals * Franklin Canal (Texas) The Franklin Canal is an irrigation canal in the Upper Rio Grande Valley near El Paso, Texas. The canal acquires water from the Rio Grande via the American Canal. The canal is long with a capacity of . The Franklin Irrigation Company completed t ... * Riverside Canal References {{Coord, 31.7724, -106.5153, type:river_region:US-TX, displa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |