Hanhowuz , also known as Khauz-Khan , is a reservoir in Ahal Province of southeastern Turkmenistan . The M37 highway passes nearby and the town of Denizhan (formerly called Hanhowuz) stands on the northwestern shore, with the city of Tejen not too far away in that direction.
5-510: Hanhowuz Reservoir is a component of the Karakum Canal system and was created to attempt to control the erratic Tejen River . It plays an important role in agriculture in the region. The reservoir is named after the legendary khan Oguz Han . Hanhowuz (Khauzkhan) Reservoir was constructed in a natural depression to capture winter runoff and overflow from the canal for use later during the driest periods of summer. Phytoplankton thrive in
10-636: Is one of the largest irrigation and water supply canals in the world. Started in 1954, and completed in 1988, it is navigable over much of its 1,375-kilometre (854 mi) length, and carries 13 cubic kilometres (3.1 cu mi) of water annually from the Amu-Darya River across the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan. The canal opened up huge new tracts of land to agriculture, especially to cotton monoculture heavily promoted by
15-596: Is turquoise and travels west to irrigate the Tejen Oasis. Roughly rectilinear farm fields appear on each side of that section of the canal. This Turkmenistan location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Karakum Canal The Karakum Canal (Qaraqum Canal, Kara Kum Canal, Garagum Canal ; Russian : Каракумский канал , Karakumskiy Kanal , Turkmen : Garagum kanaly , گَرَگوُم كَنَلیٛ , Гарагум каналы ) in Turkmenistan
20-830: The Soviet Union , and supplying Ashgabat with a major source of water. The canal is also a major factor leading to the Aral Sea environmental disaster . The Soviet regime planned to at some time extend the canal to the Caspian Sea . The current Karakum Canal was not the first major attempt to bring the Amu-Darya water to the Karakums. In the early 1950s, construction began on the Main Turkmen Canal (Russian: Главный Туркменский канал ), which would start at
25-432: The warm waters, as do many commercial fish—including Aral barbel , asp and catfish . In the satellite image, the Karakum Canal is the brown ribbon dropping down from the upper right corner and heading south and east from the reservoir. A portion of the canal is diverted, and can be seen the brown sediment-laden water entering the reservoir from the east and dropping its load of suspended sediments. The water that leaves
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