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Karakum Canal (canal) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 35 20 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.5880 decimal degrees |
| Long: 065 17 27 E degrees minutes |
Long: 65.2915 decimal degrees |
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Note: Waterway in Turkmenistan measuring 870 miles and running from the Amu Darya river, around the Karakum Desert, and to the Caspian Sea. The first section of the canal, ending at Gökdepe, was completed in 1967, and in the 1980s was extended. The water is used primarily for irrigation. |
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| Garagum Kanaly (preferred,C,V)
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| Garagum (C,V)
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| Karakum Canal (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Karakumskiy Kanal (C,V)
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| Kara-Kum Canal (C,V)
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| Karakumskij kanal (C,V)
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| Karakumskiy Kanal Imeni Vladimira Il'icha Lenina (C,V)
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| W. I. Lenin Adyndaky Garagum Kanaly (C,V)
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| S. A. Nyyazow Adyndaky Garagum Kanaly (C,V)
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| Bol'shoy Karakumskiy Kanal (C,V)
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| Karakumskiy Kanal Imeni Vladimira Il'icha Lenina.......... |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) accessed 12 August 2004 |
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