Kuloy-Pinega Canal
| Kuloy-Pinega Canal | |
|---|---|
| Specifications | |
| Status | Open, neglected |
| History | |
| Date of first use | 1928 |
| Geography | |
| Start point | Pinega |
| End point | Kuloy |
Coordinates: 64°43′38″N 43°27′00″E / 64.72722°N 43.45000°E
The Kuloy-Pinega Canal (Russian: Кулой-Пинежский канал) is a canal connecting the Kuloy River and the Pinega River in Northern Russia at their closest points. The length of the canal is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi). The canal was constructed in 1928.
The canal is located close to the settlement of Pinega in Pinezhsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.
The Pinega flows in the north-western direction, and close to the settlement of Pinega sharply turns south-west. Formerly, the Kuloy and the Pinega were one waterway flowing to the Mezen Bay of the White Sea; then the Pinega turned to the Northern Dvina. During a certain period, there was a bifurcation between the Kuloy and the Pinega, when the discharge of the Pinega partially was flowing to the Northern Dvina and partially it was flowing to the Kuloy. Currently, the bifurcation does not exist, and the Pinega is fully discharged into the Northern Dvina. As a trace of the former bifurcation, there is a depression between the Pinega and the Kuloy. The canal has been built in this depression. On the Kuloy side, the canal separates the Sotka River (upstream canal) and the Kuloy (downstream).
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