Eurasia Canal

Eurasia Canal

The Eurasia Canal is a proposed 700 km (430 mi) long canal connecting the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea. The canal is intended to provide a shorter route for shipping than the existing Volga-Don Canal system of waterways.

Background

On June 15, 2007, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan proposed the Eurasia Canal project to build a canal connecting the Caspian and Black Seas at the 17th Foreign Investors’ Council Meeting in Ust-Kamenogorsk. The project was estimated to cost US$6 billion and take 10 years to complete.Tony Halpin (June 29 2007). [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2002408.ece "Canal will link Caspian Sea to world"] , "The Times".] [Marina Kozlova (July 9 2007). [http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jul2007/gb2007079_528939.htm?chan=globalbiz_europe+index+page_top+stories "Caspian Canal Could Boost Kazakh Trade"] , "Business Week".]

The proposed route of the canal would follow the Kuma-Manych Depression, which is often considered the border between Europe and Asia. Currently, a chain of reservoirs and the shallow irrigation Kuma-Manych Canal are found along this route.

If built, the nearly 700 km (430 mi) Eurasia Canal would be four times longer than the Suez Canal and eight times longer than the Panama Canal. President Nazarbayev stated that the canal would make Kazakhstan a maritime power and benefit many other Central Asian nations as well. Russia has proposed an alternative plan to upgrade the existing Volga-Don Canal. [ [http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070615/67303416.html "Russia invites foreigners to help unlock Caspian Sea"] , RIA Novosti (June 15 2007).]

References

External links

*John C. K. Daly. [http://www.jamestown.org/edm/article.php?article_id=2372251 "Rival Caspian Canal Projects Compete for Investors"] , "Eurasia Daily Monitor", Jamestown Foundation (June 25 2007)


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