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When was the North Crimea Canal completed?
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The North Crimea Canal was completed in 1971. This 250-mile (400-km) canal originates in the Kakhovka Reservoir and was designed to irrigate the steppes of the Black Sea Lowland and northern Crimea, as well as to establish a water route from the Dnieper River to the Sea of Azov.1