This is a list of aqueducts.

Africa

Botswana

North-South Carrier The North-South Carrier (NSC) is a pipeline in Botswana that carries raw water south for a distance of to the capital city of Gaborone. Phase 1 was completed in 2000. Phase 2 of the NSC, under construction, will duplicate the pipeline to carry ...

Egypt

* Aqueduct of the Nile (historic) *

Bahr Yussef The Bahr Yussef ( ar, بحر يوسف; "the waterway of Joseph") is a canal which connects the Nile River with Fayyum in Egypt. In ancient times it was called Tomis () by the Greeks which was derived from its Egyptian name ''Tm.t'' "ending cana ...

* Fresh Water Canal *

Ibrahimiya Canal The Ibrahimiyah Canal is an irrigation canal in Egypt built in 1873. It was the most important public work executed under the then newly established Ministry of Public Works. It was built during the reign of Ismail Pasha when he was Khedive of E ...

* Mahmoudiyah Canal * Sadat Canal (see also New Valley Project) * Sweet Water Canal

Libya

Great Man-Made River The Great Man-Made River (GMMR, ) is a network of pipes that supplies fresh water obtained from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System fossil aquifer across Libya. It is the world's largest irrigation project. The project utilizes a pipeline system ...

South Africa

Sudan

Gezira Scheme The Gezira Scheme ( ar, مشروع الجزيرة) is one of the largest irrigation projects in the world. It is centered on the Sudanese state of Al Jazirah, just southeast of the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers at the city of Kha ...

Tunisia

* Zaghouan Aqueduct

Asia

Sri Lanka

Ella Ella may refer to: * Ella (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname Places United States * Ella, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Ella, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Ella, Pennsylvania, an unincorpora ...

Kandy Kandy ( si, මහනුවර ''Mahanuwara'', ; ta, கண்டி Kandy, ) is a major city in Sri Lanka located in the Central Province. It was the last capital of the ancient kings' era of Sri Lanka. The city lies in the midst of hills ...

China

* Big Western Line (proposed) *

Irtysh–Karamay–Ürümqi Canal The Irtysh–Karamay–Ürümqi Canal (), also known as the Project 635 () Canal, is a system of water-transfer canals and reservoirs in the northern part of China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. It transfers water from the Irtysh River (whi ...

* South-North Water Transfer Project (proposed)

India

* Indira Gandhi Canal * Mahi Aqueduct *

Mathur Aqueduct Mathoor Aqueduct is an aqueduct in Kalkulam taluk of Kanniyakumari district of Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is built over the Pahrali River and takes its name from Mathoor, a hamlet near the aqueduct, which is about 3 km from Thiru ...

* Solani River Aqueduct * Peddavagu Aqueduct

Israel

National Water Carrier of Israel National Water Carrier of Israel The National Water Carrier of Israel ( he, המוביל הארצי, ''HaMovil HaArtzi'') is the largest water project in Israel, completed in 1964. Its main purpose is to transfer water from the Sea of Galilee ...

Japan

* Nanzen-ji Temple, Kyoto

Jordan

* Gadara Aqueduct

Kazakhstan

* Irtysh–Karaganda Canal

Taiwan

Chianan Canal Chianan Irrigation (), also known as the Kanan Irrigation System, was built to support agricultural production in the Chianan Plain of Taiwan. The name "chia-nan" was derived from two place names among its surrounding area called Chiayi and Tai ...

Turkmenistan

* Karakum Canal *

Main Turkmen Canal The Main Turkmen Canal () was a large-scale irrigation project in the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic. The canal was intended to transport water from the Amu Darya river to Krasnovodsk (now Türkmenbaşy), a city in Turkmenistan on the coast of ...

(unfinished)

Australia and Oceania

Australia

Barwon Sewer Aqueduct The Barwon Sewer Aqueduct is a heritage-listed aqueduct across the Barwon River at Goat Island, Breakwater, Victoria, Australia. It was designed by engineer E. G. Stone and was erected between 1913-1915. It would appear to be the only one of ...

Boothtown Aqueduct The Boothtown Aqueduct is a heritage-listed 19th-century water bridge in Greystanes, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1888, the aqueduct was built to cross a valley to carry water from Prospect Reservoir to residents of Grea ...

* Mount Evelyn Aqueduct (defunct)

New Zealand

The unique Tokaanu Tailrace Bridge, a combined road and water bridge crosses a

power canal A Power canal refers to a canal used for hydraulic power generation, rather than for transport of watercraft. The power canal was a major factor in the Industrial revolution in New England in the 19th century. Most early power canals were mill ...

of the Tongariro Power Scheme in the

North Island The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is , making it the world's 14th-larges ...

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island coun ...

. State Highway 41 travels along the top of this bridge, with the Tokaanu Stream, an important

trout Trout are species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera '' Oncorhynchus'', '' Salmo'' and '' Salvelinus'', all of the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae. The word ''trout'' is also used as part of the name of some non-salm ...

spawning stream, running under the road surface.

Europe

Croatia

* Aqueduct of Diocletian

Cyprus

Kamares Aqueduct Kamares Aqueduct, also known as the Bekir Pasha Aqueduct, is an aqueduct near Larnaca, Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatol ...

* Nicosia aqueduct

France

* Aqueduc de Louveciennes *

Aqueduct of Luynes The Aqueduct of Luynes is a former Gallo-Roman bridge aqueduct located in Luynes, France. Description The remains show a stack of five arches and it is the most famous Roman monument in the Department of Indre-et-Loire, despite its modest dime ...

Aqueduct of the Gier The Aqueduct of the Gier (French ''Aqueduc du Gier'') is an ancient Roman aqueduct probably constructed in the 1st century AD to provide water for Lugdunum (Lyon), in what is now eastern France. It is the longest and best preserved of four Roman ...

Barbegal aqueduct and mills The Barbegal aqueduct and mills is a Roman watermill complex located on the territory of the commune of Fontvieille, Bouches-du-Rhône, near the town of Arles, in southern France. The complex has been referred to as "the greatest known concentra ...

Pont du Gard The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over to the Roman colony of ''Nemausus'' ( Nîmes). It crosses the river Gardon near the town of Vers-Pont-du-Gard in southern France. The Po ...

* Aqueduct of la Minette,

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine departme ...

Millau Viaduct The Millau Viaduct (french: Viaduc de Millau, ) is a multispan cable-stayed bridge completed in 2004 across the gorge valley of the Tarn near (west of) Millau in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie Region, in Southern France. The design t ...

Southern France Southern France, also known as the South of France or colloquially in French as , is a defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Marais Poitevin,Louis Papy, ''Le midi atlantique'', A ...

Germany

* Eifel Aqueduct

Greece

* Aqueduct of Kavala * Roman and Medieval Aqueducts of Patras

Ireland

* Blundell Aqueduct * Leinster Aqueduct * Whitworth Aqueduct

Italy

* Aqua Augusta (Naples) * Aqueduct of Vanvitelli

Malta

Wignacourt Aqueduct The Wignacourt Aqueduct ( mt, L-Akwedott ta' Wignacourt) is a 17th-century aqueduct in Malta, which was built by the Order of Saint John to carry water from springs in Dingli and Rabat to the newly built capital city Valletta. The aqueduct w ...

* Gozo Aqueduct

Montenegro

* Bar Aqueduct

Netherlands

Flevoland

Naviduct A naviduct is a special class of navigable aqueduct, in which the waterway also includes a lock. One example of a naviduct has been built at Enkhuizen on the Houtribdijk in the Netherlands on the instructions of the Rijkswaterstaat. This cost ove ...

Friesland

* Aquaduct De Geeuw * Ee Aquaduct * Galamadammen Aquaduct * Houkesloot Aquaduct * Jeltesloot Aquaduct * Leppa Akwadukt * Prinses Margriettunnel * Aquaduct Mid-Fryslân * Aquaduct Langdeel

North Macedonia

* Skopje Aqueduct

Portugal

* Águas Livres Aqueduct * Amoreira Aqueduct * Santa Clara Aqueduct

Russia

* Rostokino Aqueduct

Spain

* Aqueduct of Albatana * Aqueduct of Algeciras * Aqueduct of Segovia * Acueducto de los Milagros * Les Ferreres Aqueduct * Roman aqueducts of Toledo

Sweden

* Håverud Aqueduct

Turkey

* Aqueduct of Valens * İncekaya Aqueduct *

Lamas Aqueduct Lamas Aqueduct is a Roman aqueduct in Mersin Province, Turkey Location The source of the watercourse is Limonlu River also known as Lamas River at an altitude of approximately . It is directed to south west in parallel to Mediterranean coast. T ...

* Olba Aqueduct

United Kingdom

* Devonport Leat * Drake's Leat * Laleham Aqueduct * New River Aqueduct * Staines Reservoirs Aqueduct

North America

Canada

* Brooks Aqueduct (defunct) * Canal de l'Aqueduc *

Greater Winnipeg Water District Aqueduct The Greater Winnipeg Water District Aqueduct supplies the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba with water from Shoal Lake in the Kenora District of Ontario. It was put in service in 1919 and cost nearly CDN $16 million. It has a capacity of 85 m ...

* Sooke Flowline (defunct)

United States

Arizona

Arizona Canal The Arizona Canal is a major canal in central Maricopa County that led to the founding of several communities, now among the wealthier neighborhoods of suburban Phoenix, constructed in the late 1880s. Flood irrigation of residential yards is st ...

* Central Arizona Project ( Granite Reef Aqueduct) * Consolidated Canal * Gila Gravity Canal * Grand Canal (Arizona) * South Canal (Arizona) * Tempe Canal * Western Canal (Arizona)

California

* All-American Canal *

California Aqueduct The Governor Edmund G. Brown California Aqueduct is a system of canals, tunnels, and pipelines that conveys water collected from the Sierra Nevada Mountains and valleys of Northern and Central California to Southern California. Named after Cali ...

* Coachella Canal *

Colorado River Aqueduct The Colorado River Aqueduct, or CRA, is a water conveyance in Southern California in the United States, operated by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD). The aqueduct impounds water from the Colorado River at Lake Hav ...

*Corning Canal * Delta-Mendota Canal * Folsom South Canal *

Friant-Kern Canal The Friant-Kern Canal is a aqueduct managed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation in Central California to convey water to augment irrigation capacity in Fresno, Tulare, and Kern counties. A part of the Central Valley Project, canal const ...

Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct Hetch Hetchy is a valley, a reservoir, and a water system in California in the United States. The glacial Hetch Hetchy Valley lies in the northwestern part of Yosemite National Park and is drained by the Tuolumne River. For thousands of years be ...

Los Angeles Aqueduct The Los Angeles Aqueduct system, comprising the Los Angeles Aqueduct (Owens Valley aqueduct) and the Second Los Angeles Aqueduct, is a water conveyance system, built and operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The Owens Valle ...

Madera Canal The Madera Canal is a -long aqueduct in the U.S. state of California. It is part of the Central Valley Project managed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation to convey water north to augment irrigation capacity in Madera County. It was also ...

Mokelumne Aqueduct The Mokelumne Aqueduct is a water conveyance system in central California, United States. The aqueduct is supplied by the Mokelumne River and provides water to 35 municipalities in the East Bay in the San Francisco Bay Area. The aqueduct and the ...

* North Bay Aqueduct * San Diego Aqueduct ** La Mesa-Sweetwater Branch *

South Bay Aqueduct The South Bay Aqueduct is an aqueduct located in the eastern part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It conveys water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta through over forty miles of pipelines and canals. It begins in north-eastern Alameda County o ...

* Tehama-Colusa Canal

Idaho

* Gooding Milner canal * Twin Falls Main Canal

Indiana

* Indiana Central Canal

Massachusetts

Chicopee Valley Aqueduct The Chicopee Valley Aqueduct carries water from the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts to the Chicopee city line. It delivers Quabbin water to Wilbraham, South Hadley fire district #1, and Chicopee. It is part of the Chicopee River Watershed. ...

Cochituate Aqueduct The Cochituate Aqueduct was an aqueduct in Massachusetts that brought water to Boston from 1848 to 1951. History The aqueduct formed a key link in Boston's first major water supply system. Its genesis dates to 1845, when a Sudbury River tribu ...

(historic) * Cosgrove Aqueduct *

MetroWest Water Supply Tunnel The MetroWest Water Supply Tunnel (MWWST) is an advanced underground aqueduct that supplies potable water to residents of much of Greater Boston. It is part of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) water supply system, having entere ...

* Quabbin Aqueduct * Wild Cat Aqueduct *

Middlesex Canal The Middlesex Canal was a 27-mile (44-kilometer) barge canal connecting the Merrimack River with the port of Boston. When operational it was 30 feet (9.1 m) wide, and 3 feet (0.9 m) deep, with 20 locks, each 80 feet (24 m) long and between 10 and ...

Echo Bridge Echo Bridge is a historic masonry bridge spanning the Charles River between Needham to Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts, and Ellis Street in Newton. The bridge carries the Sudbury Aqueduct and foot traffic, and is located in the Hemlock Gorge R ...

New Mexico

* Azotea Tunnel * Belen Canal * East Side Canal * Leasburg Canal *

Navajo Indian Irrigation Project The Navajo Indian Irrigation Project (NIIP) ( nv, ) is a large agricultural development located in the northwest corner of New Mexico. The NIIP is one of the largest Native American owned and operated agricultural businesses in the United Sta ...

* Peralta Canal * Rincon Valley Main Canal * West Side Canal

New York

Catskill Aqueduct The Catskill Aqueduct, part of the New York City water supply system, brings water from the Catskill Mountains to Yonkers where it connects to other parts of the system. History Construction commenced in 1907. The aqueduct proper was completed ...

* Croton Aqueduct (historic) *

Delaware Aqueduct The Delaware Aqueduct is an aqueduct in the New York City water supply system. It takes water from the Rondout, Cannonsville, Neversink, and Pepacton reservoirs on the west bank of the Hudson River through the Chelsea Pump Station, then into ...

* New Croton Aqueduct

Puerto Rico

* San Juan Waterworks (historic)

Texas

American Canal The American Canal is an irrigation canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e. ...

* Franklin Canal * Phantom Lake Canal * Riverside Canal * Tornillo Canal

Washington, D.C.

* Washington Aqueduct

Washington State

*Multiple aqueducts for the Columbia Basin Project

Mexico

Acueducto de Pastita, Guanajuato Capital, Guanajuato

Alamo Canal The Alamo Canal ( es, Canal del Álamo) was a long waterway that connected the Colorado River to the head of the Alamo River. The canal was constructed to provide irrigation to the Imperial Valley. A small portion of the canal was located in th ...

(disused) *

Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque The Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque, or Tembleque Aqueduct, is a Mexican aqueduct located between the towns of Zempoala, Hidalgo, and Otumba in the State of Mexico. The structure takes its name from a Spanish friar called Francisco de Tembleque. ...

* Chapultepec Aqueduct (ruins) * Chihuahua Aqueduct * Colorado River-Tijuana Aqueduct * Morelia Aqueduct * Querétaro Aqueduct * Saltillo Aqueduct * Tecoatl irrigation system (ruins) * Tepotzotlán Aqueduct * Zacatecas Aqueduct

South America

Brazil

* Carioca Aqueduct

Colombia

* Aqueduct of Bogotá Savanna

Peru

* Puquios (historic, but still in use)

References

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