The Shieli-Telikol Canal ( kk, Шиелі-Телікөл Каналы), also known as "Shieli Canal" and "Telikol Canal",
/ref> is an irrigation canal in the

Kyzylorda Region Kyzylorda Region ( kk, Қызылорда облысы, translit=Qyzylorda oblysy; russian: Кызылординская область, translit=Kyzylordinskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is the city of Kyzylorda, with a popu ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

. It connects the

Telikol Telikol ( kk, Телікөл; russian: Теликоль) is a lake in the Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan. The area of the lake lies in the Syrdariya and Shieli districts. The Telikol lake zone includes a Important Bird Area.Google Earth''Kazakh ...

lakes with

Shieli Shieli ( kk, Шиелі) is a village in Kyzylorda Region, southern-central Kazakhstan. It is the administrative centre of Shieli District and the head and the only settlement of Shieli rural district (KATO code - 435230100). Population: Shiel ...

Geography

The canal begins in the Telikol lacustrine area at the mouth of the Sarysu river in the north. It runs almost straight southwards for at the eastern end of the Daryaly

takir Takir (takyr) (russian: такыр, originally from Kazakh or another Turkic language) meaning "smooth, even, or bare", is a type of relief occurring in the deserts of Central Asia, similar to a salt flat in the southwestern United States. A ta ...

plain, to end up near Shieli, a town on the right bank of the

Syr Darya The Syr Darya (, ),, , ; rus, Сырдарья́, Syrdarjja, p=sɨrdɐˈrʲja; fa, سيردريا, Sirdaryâ; tg, Сирдарё, Sirdaryo; tr, Seyhun, Siri Derya; ar, سيحون, Seyḥūn; uz, Sirdaryo, script-Latn/. historically known ...

river. The width of the canal is to and its depth to . It has a flow of and irrigates an area of roughly in the

Zhanakorgan Zhanakorgan ( kk, Жаңақорған, ''Jañaqorğan'') is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Zhanakorgan District in Kyzylorda Region of Kazakhstan. This may be to 'Yani Kurgan' (new tumulus) captured in 1861 during the Rus ...

and

districts.OECD Studies on Water — ''Strengthening Shardara Multi-Purpose Water Infrastructure in Kazakhstan'', OECD, p. 35

References

External links

Contribution to OECD Country Programme for Kazakhstan - Strengthening the Role of Multi-Purpose Water Infrastructure (Annex)The Assessment of Irrigated Land Salinization in the Aral Sea Region
Syr Darya basin Canals in Kazakhstan Irrigation canals Kyzylorda Region {{kazakhstan-geo-stub