Čunovo Water Sports Centre
| Areál Divoká Voda Čunovo | |
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| About | |
|---|---|
| Locale | Cunovo, Bratislava Slovakia |
| Managing agent | Areál Divoká Voda Čunovo Bratislava |
| Main shape | Two parallel channels plus return pool |
| Flow diversion | yes |
| Surf wave | yes |
| Lighting | yes |
| Canoe lift | broken |
| Opening date | 1996 |
| Stats | |
| Length |
North: 356 metres (1,168 ft) South: 460 metres (1,509 ft) |
| Drop | 6.6 m (22 ft) |
| Slope |
North: 1.9% (98 ft/mi) South: 1.4% (76 ft/mi) |
| Flowrate |
North: 22 m3/s (780 cu ft/s) South: 12 m3/s (420 cu ft/s) |
| Technical Data | |
North: 356 metres (1,168 ft)
North: 1.9% (98 ft/mi)
North: 22 m3/s (780 cu ft/s)
The Čunovo Water Sports Centre is an artificial whitewater slalom course in Slovakia, on an island in the Danube river, 14 km southeast of Bratislava, near the village of Čunovo. It is powered by flow diversion from the Čunovo dam. Since 1997, it has hosted a full schedule of local, regional, and international competitions, including multiple World Cup races, 2 European Championships and the 2011 World Championships.
The Centre has two parallel whitewater channels; the drop is the same for both channels, 6.6 meters (22 feet). The left channel is 356 meters long, with a 1.9% slope of 19 m/km (98 ft/mile) and a streamflow of 7 to 22 m3/s (247 to 777 ft3/s). The right channel is 460 meters long, with a 1.4% slope of 14 m/km (76 ft/mile) and a streamflow of 7 to 12 m3/s (247 to 424 ft3/s). When both channels are watered, the left channel streamflow is 15 m3/s (530 ft3/s) and the right is 7 m3/s (247 ft3/s).
The two channels are connected at two crossover points, making a total of five alternative routes from start to finish. From a start in the left channel, there are three ways to run the course; from a right channel start there are two. Any run which ends up in the left channel includes a sheer final drop called "Niagara."
A conveyor-belt boat lift carries paddlers in their boats up to a 225-meter-long return canal on a level with the start pool.
The Čunovo Water Sports Centre was built in 1996 on an island near the mid-river end of the Čunovo dam, a flood control feature of the Čunovo to Gabčíkovo dam system. The island is high enough to remain dry during floods. In March 2002 and again the same August, the whitewater course was inundated, but the buildings and most of the island remained above water.
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