World records set by South-to-North Water Diversion Project

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The South-to-North Water Diversion Project has set multiple new world records, including its construction scale, water diversion distance, population benefited, population resettlement, and complexity of engineering.

China.org.cnUpdated: May 8, 2018

III. World's longest water diversion distance

The total planned length of the project's eastern, central and western routes is 4,350 kilometers. The ongoing first phase sub-projects of the eastern and central routes measure 2,899 kilometers in the mainlines and approximately 2,700 kilometers in auxiliary branch lines, reaching six provinces and one city.

A bird's eye view of the Taocha Canal Head Works Project on the central route.

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