buckingham canal is the largest irrigation canal in india.
buckingham canal is the largest irrigation canal in india.
what is the largest irrigation canal in india called?
buckingham canal
the rajasthan canal system is the major irrigation scheme of the thar desert and is conceived to reclaim it and also to check spreading of the desert to fertile areas. it is world's largest irrigation which is being extended in an attempt to make the desert arable. it runs south-southwest in punjab and haryana but mainly in rajasthan for a total of 650 kilometers and ends near jaisalmer, in rajasthan. after the construction of the indira gandhi canal, irrigation facilities were available over an area of 6770 km² in jaisalmer district and 37 km² in barmer district. irrigation had already been provided in an area of 3670 km² in jaisalmer district. the canal has transformed the barren deserts of this district into fertile fields. crops of mustard, cotton, and wheat now flourish in this semi-arid western region replacing the sand there previously.
thar desert
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the mulwala canal is an irrigation canal in the southern riverina region of new south wales, australia. it is the largest irrigation canal in the southern hemisphere. the canal, starting at lake mulwala, diverts water from the murray river across the southern riverina plain to the edward river at deniliquin. the channel has an offtake capacity of 10,000 megalitres (ml) per day and annually supplies over 1,000,000 ml to in the murray irrigation area. 









































the canal was constructed between 1935 and 1942.
mulwala canal