| has gloss | eng: The All-American Canal is an aqueduct that conveys water of the Colorado River into the Imperial Valley in California. It is the valley's only water source, and replaced the Alamo Canal, which was located mostly in Mexico. The All-American Canal provides drinking water for nine cities and irrigates over . It is the largest irrigation canal in the world The Bureau of Reclamation owns the canal, but the Imperial Irrigation District operates it. Water for the canal is diverted at the Imperial Diversion Dam. The All-American Canal feeds, from east to west, the Coachella Canal, East Highline Canal, Central Canal and the Westside Main Canal. These four main branches of the canal and a network of smaller canals gradually reduce the flow of the All-American Canal until it ends at a small drop in the western Imperial Valley where it drains into the Westside Main Canal. The main canal is 82 miles (132 km), with a total drop of 175 feet (53 m), a width of 150 to and a depth of 7 to The canal gets smaller as it runs west because it carries less water. |
