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{{Short description|Irrigation canal in Texas, United States}}
[[Image:Bureau of Reclamation regions.png|thumb|right|The Riverside Canal is in the southern part of the Upper Colorado Region]]
The '''Riverside Canal''' is an [[irrigation]] [[canal]] in El Paso County beginning southeast of [[El Paso, Texas]]. The canal acquires water from the [[Riverside Diversion Dam]] on the [[Rio Grande]] {{convert|15|mi|km}} southeast of El Paso. The canal is managed by the [[US Bureau of Reclamation]]. The canal extends for {{convert|17.2|mi|km}} with a capacity of 900 cubic feet  per second. Water from the canal irrigates about 39,000 acres (160&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>). The canal and diversion dam is the southernmost system on an irrigation project extending along the Rio Grande in New Mexico and Texas. The canal supplies a canal network extending throughout the Upper Rio Grande Valley.

== See also ==
*[[American Canal]]
*[[Franklin Canal (Texas)]]
*[[Texas Irrigation Canals]]
*[[United States Bureau of Reclamation]]

==External links==
*[http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=Rio%20Grande%20Project Rio Grande Project], US Bureau of Reclamation website

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[[Category:Canals in Texas]]
[[Category:Irrigation canals]]
[[Category:Transportation buildings and structures in El Paso County, Texas]]
[[Category:United States Bureau of Reclamation]]


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