<p>I wonder how much benefit would a hydroelectrical project built on this inflow bring.</p>

<p>There are projects to fill up the Erie, Salton, Qattara and the Dead Sea. But for the Caspian, there is only a proposal for a Panama-like canal with locks - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasia_Canal" rel="noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasia_Canal</a>.</p>

<p>This picture gives the scale, but not the numbers.
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/n9PVV.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/n9PVV.jpg" alt="Caspian floodmap"></a>
<a href="https://www.floodmap.net/?ll=43.334232,43.460796&amp;z=5&amp;e=0" rel="noreferrer">https://www.floodmap.net/?ll=43.334232,43.460796&amp;z=5&amp;e=0</a></p>

<p>I think the Soviets might have done some calculations.</p>

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How much water will flow into the Caspian Sea if it is connected to the World Ocean?
Timur Timak
# How much water will flow into the Caspian Sea if it is connected to the World Ocean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-01-25)

I wonder how much benefit would a hydroelectrical project built on this inflow bring.

There are projects to fill up the Erie, Salton, Qattara and the Dead Sea. But for the Caspian, there is only a proposal for a Panama-like canal with locks - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasia_Canal>.

This picture gives the scale, but not the numbers.
[![Caspian floodmap](https://i.sstatic.net/n9PVV.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/n9PVV.jpg)
<https://www.floodmap.net/?ll=43.334232,43.460796&z=5&e=0>

I think the Soviets might have done some calculations.

**Tags:** hydrology, geography, geoengineering


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