The Great Stavropol Canal (russian: Большой Ставропольский канал) is an

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canal in

Stavropol Krai Stavropol Krai (russian: Ставропо́льский край, r=Stavropolsky kray, p=stəvrɐˈpolʲskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a Krais of Russia, krai) of Russia. It is geographically located in the North ...

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. It starts at a dam at

Ust-Dzheguta Ust-Dzheguta (russian: Усть-Джегута; krc, Джёгетей Аягъы, ''Cögetey Ayağı''; Abaza language, Abaza: ; Kabardian language, Kabardian: ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of ...

on the upper

Kuban River The Kuban; Circassian: Псыжъ, ''Psyẑ'' or Псыжь, ''Psyź'' ; abq, Къвбина, ''Q̇vbina'' ; Karachay–Balkar: Къобан, ''Qoban''; Nogai: Кобан, ''Qoban'') is a river in Russia that flows through the Western Caucas ...

and leads water northeast via the

Kalaus River The Kalaus (russian: Калаус) is a north-flowing river on the Black Sea-Caspian Steppe of southern Russia, in Stavropol Krai. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .

to the

Chogray Reservoir The Chogray Reservoir (russian: Чограйское водохранилище, ''Chograyskoye vodokhranilishche'') is an artificial reservoir on the East Manych River on the border of Stavropol Krai and Kalmykia in southern Russia. The reservoi ...

on the

Manych River The Manych (russian: Маныч) is a river in the Black Sea–Caspian Steppe of Southern Russia. It flows through the western and central part of the Kuma–Manych Depression. In ancient times, it was known as the Lik. A tributary of the Don, it ...

. It is 480 km long, and its maximum flow is 75 m³/s. Construction work started in 1957 and continued to 2006. In 1970s, the construction was under then First Secretary of the Stavropol kraikom,

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's supervision.

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