_:ge43c00a0d62d73145606node5b5d52dbfeca19a77c22a6ce1f4608c . _:ge43c00a0d62d73145606node5b5d52dbfeca19a77c22a6ce1f4608c "\n Chambly Canal,\u00A0 waterway bypassing a series of rapids on the Richelieu River between the Chambly Basin and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, in Quebec province, Canada. Built between 1833 and 1843 and improved in 1850, it is nearly 12 miles (19 km) long and has nine locks, a lift of 80 feet (24 m), and a normal draught of 6.5 feet (2 m). Vessels up to 112 feet (34 m) long and 22 feet (7 m) wide can be accommodated. With the smaller Saint-Ours Canal, south of Sorel, it permits uninterrupted water communication for about 90 miles (145 km) from the main body of Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence River."@en . _:ge43c00a0d62d73145606node5b5d52dbfeca19a77c22a6ce1f4608c . _:ge43c00a0d62d73145606node5b5d52dbfeca19a77c22a6ce1f4608c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/105013/Chambly-Canal"@en . _:ge43c00a0d62d73145606node5b5d52dbfeca19a77c22a6ce1f4608c "Chambly Canal"@en . _:g8978ee53b8cb233ee771node42cd92728b4a49d8c68ddf7bb88e9495 . _:g8978ee53b8cb233ee771node42cd92728b4a49d8c68ddf7bb88e9495 "\n Chesapeake and Delaware Canal,\u00A0 American waterway 14 miles (22 km) long connecting the head of the Chesapeake Bay with the Delaware River estuary. The canal cuts across the narrow northern neck of the 180-mile- (290-kilometre-) long Delmarva Peninsula, thereby providing shortened northern and European routes from the Atlantic Ocean to Baltimore. Completed in 1829, the privately owned canal operated with locks until 1919, when the United States government bought it and converted it to a tidal, toll-free waterway 27 feet (8 m) deep. Between 1962 and 1981 the waterway was deepened to 35 feet (11 m) and widened to 450 feet (137 m) to accommodate container ships."@en . _:g8978ee53b8cb233ee771node42cd92728b4a49d8c68ddf7bb88e9495 . _:g8978ee53b8cb233ee771node42cd92728b4a49d8c68ddf7bb88e9495 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/109615/Chesapeake-and-Delaware-Canal"@en . _:g8978ee53b8cb233ee771node42cd92728b4a49d8c68ddf7bb88e9495 "Chesapeake and Delaware Canal"@en . _:ge07b1fdfadcd21c4d56enode12187b5d4144ec9e46d41f12425a911 . _:ge07b1fdfadcd21c4d56enode12187b5d4144ec9e46d41f12425a911 "\n Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,\u00A0 former waterway, extending 184.5 miles (297 km) along the east bank of the Potomac River between Washington, D.C., and Cumberland in western Maryland. Begun in 1828, the canal was intended to provide cheap transportation between the Atlantic seaports and the Midwest via the Potomac River. It immediately faced competition from the Erie Canal, however, and further construction was abandoned in 1850 after the canal had reached Cumberland. From the 1840s the canal also faced stiff competition from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which was able to buy the waterway in 1894. The canal was purchased in 1938 by the U.S. government and was restored as a unit of the national parks system; it became a national historical park in 1971."@en . _:ge07b1fdfadcd21c4d56enode12187b5d4144ec9e46d41f12425a911 . _:ge07b1fdfadcd21c4d56enode12187b5d4144ec9e46d41f12425a911 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/109619/Chesapeake-and-Ohio-Canal"@en . _:ge07b1fdfadcd21c4d56enode12187b5d4144ec9e46d41f12425a911 "Chesapeake and Ohio Canal"@en . _:ge07b1fdfadcd21c4d56enode6ae7cba5c679dfab022737ded30186c . _:ge07b1fdfadcd21c4d56enode6ae7cba5c679dfab022737ded30186c "\n Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,\u00A0 former waterway, extending 184.5 miles (297 km) along the east bank of the Potomac River between Washington, D.C., and Cumberland in western Maryland. Begun in 1828, the canal was intended to provide cheap transportation between the Atlantic seaports and the Midwest via the Potomac River. It immediately faced competition from the Erie Canal, however, and further construction was abandoned in 1850 after the canal had reached Cumberland. From the 1840s the canal also faced stiff competition from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which was able to buy the waterway in 1894. The canal was purchased in 1938 by the U.S. government and was restored as a unit of the national parks system; it became a national historical park in 1971."@en . _:ge07b1fdfadcd21c4d56enode6ae7cba5c679dfab022737ded30186c . _:ge07b1fdfadcd21c4d56enode6ae7cba5c679dfab022737ded30186c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/109619/Chesapeake-and-Ohio-Canal"@en . _:ge07b1fdfadcd21c4d56enode6ae7cba5c679dfab022737ded30186c "Chesapeake and Ohio Canal"@en . _:g7438a54a6c4f1805cd57node83fc6359d05f0fca8b2779ad947cd9d . _:g7438a54a6c4f1805cd57node83fc6359d05f0fca8b2779ad947cd9d "\n Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal,\u00A0U.S. waterway linking the south branch of the Chicago River with the Des Plaines River at Lockport, Illinois. It has a length of 30 miles (48 km), a minimum width of 160 feet (50 metres), a minimum depth of 9 feet (2.7 metres), and 2 locks."@en . _:g7438a54a6c4f1805cd57node83fc6359d05f0fca8b2779ad947cd9d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/110497/Chicago-Sanitary-and-Ship-Canal"@en . _:g7438a54a6c4f1805cd57node83fc6359d05f0fca8b2779ad947cd9d "Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal"@en . _:g7438a54a6c4f1805cd57nodeb0574f43dd7436ce92ba2ca57c1a2b . _:g7438a54a6c4f1805cd57nodeb0574f43dd7436ce92ba2ca57c1a2b "\n Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal,\u00A0U.S. waterway linking the south branch of the Chicago River with the Des Plaines River at Lockport, Illinois. It has a length of 30 miles (48 km), a minimum width of 160 feet (50 metres), a minimum depth of 9 feet (2.7 metres), and 2 locks."@en . _:g7438a54a6c4f1805cd57nodeb0574f43dd7436ce92ba2ca57c1a2b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/110497/Chicago-Sanitary-and-Ship-Canal"@en . _:g7438a54a6c4f1805cd57nodeb0574f43dd7436ce92ba2ca57c1a2b "Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal"@en . _:g18a33e315220cba8b01dnodea7942a217877ae445c3ece0899515f5 . _:g18a33e315220cba8b01dnodea7942a217877ae445c3ece0899515f5 "\n Albert Canal,\u00A0waterway connecting the cities of Antwerp and Li\u00E8ge in Belgium. The Albert Canal is about 130 km (80 miles) long. As completed in 1939, it had a minimum bottom width of 24 metres (80 feet) and could be navigated by 2,000-ton vessels having a maximum draft of 2.7 metres (9 feet). Enlargement of the canal began in 1960, and it can now handle push-tow units of 9,000 tons with a draft of 3.4 metres (11 feet). Traversing a highly industrialized area, the canal has six sets of triple locks and one single lock at Monsin (Li\u00E8ge), the fall from Li\u00E8ge to Antwerp being 56 metres (184 feet)."@en . _:g18a33e315220cba8b01dnodea7942a217877ae445c3ece0899515f5 . _:g18a33e315220cba8b01dnodea7942a217877ae445c3ece0899515f5 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/12776/Albert-Canal"@en . _:g18a33e315220cba8b01dnodea7942a217877ae445c3ece0899515f5 "Albert Canal"@en . _:g18a33e315220cba8b01dnodec5585f1572f6c6c56338ba4889f41b . _:g18a33e315220cba8b01dnodec5585f1572f6c6c56338ba4889f41b "\n Albert Canal,\u00A0waterway connecting the cities of Antwerp and Li\u00E8ge in Belgium. The Albert Canal is about 130 km (80 miles) long. As completed in 1939, it had a minimum bottom width of 24 metres (80 feet) and could be navigated by 2,000-ton vessels having a maximum draft of 2.7 metres (9 feet). Enlargement of the canal began in 1960, and it can now handle push-tow units of 9,000 tons with a draft of 3.4 metres (11 feet). Traversing a highly industrialized area, the canal has six sets of triple locks and one single lock at Monsin (Li\u00E8ge), the fall from Li\u00E8ge to Antwerp being 56 metres (184 feet)."@en . _:g18a33e315220cba8b01dnodec5585f1572f6c6c56338ba4889f41b . _:g18a33e315220cba8b01dnodec5585f1572f6c6c56338ba4889f41b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/12776/Albert-Canal"@en . _:g18a33e315220cba8b01dnodec5585f1572f6c6c56338ba4889f41b "Albert Canal"@en . _:g74aa2c118d029c677c0anode9bfdb672832cab7e8120bb3b46ca39c5 . _:g74aa2c118d029c677c0anode9bfdb672832cab7e8120bb3b46ca39c5 "\n Corinth Canal,\u00A0tidal waterway across the Isthmus of Corinth in Greece, joining the Gulf of Corinth in the northwest with the Saronic Gulf in the southeast. The isthmus was first crossed by boats in 600 bc when Periander built a ship railway, small boats being carried on wheeled cradles running in grooves. This system may have been used until the 9th century. Work on the canal began in 1882, and it opened in 1893. The canal is 6.3 km (3.9 miles) long and has a water depth of 8 metres (26 feet); its width varies from a minimum of 21 metres (69 feet) at the bottom to a maximum of 25 metres (82 feet) at the water?s surface. The canal has brought great economic benefits to the ports of Posithon\u00EDa at its northwest end and Isthm\u00EDa at its southeast end."@en . _:g74aa2c118d029c677c0anode9bfdb672832cab7e8120bb3b46ca39c5 . _:g74aa2c118d029c677c0anode9bfdb672832cab7e8120bb3b46ca39c5 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/137590/Corinth-Canal"@en . _:g74aa2c118d029c677c0anode9bfdb672832cab7e8120bb3b46ca39c5 "Corinth Canal"@en . _:g74aa2c118d029c677c0anodefeaf9b3312bf41f61cee3e7a2cda8c8 . _:g74aa2c118d029c677c0anodefeaf9b3312bf41f61cee3e7a2cda8c8 "\n Corinth Canal,\u00A0tidal waterway across the Isthmus of Corinth in Greece, joining the Gulf of Corinth in the northwest with the Saronic Gulf in the southeast. The isthmus was first crossed by boats in 600 bc when Periander built a ship railway, small boats being carried on wheeled cradles running in grooves. This system may have been used until the 9th century. Work on the canal began in 1882, and it opened in 1893. The canal is 6.3 km (3.9 miles) long and has a water depth of 8 metres (26 feet); its width varies from a minimum of 21 metres (69 feet) at the bottom to a maximum of 25 metres (82 feet) at the water?s surface. The canal has brought great economic benefits to the ports of Posithon\u00EDa at its northwest end and Isthm\u00EDa at its southeast end."@en . _:g74aa2c118d029c677c0anodefeaf9b3312bf41f61cee3e7a2cda8c8 . _:g74aa2c118d029c677c0anodefeaf9b3312bf41f61cee3e7a2cda8c8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/137590/Corinth-Canal"@en . _:g74aa2c118d029c677c0anodefeaf9b3312bf41f61cee3e7a2cda8c8 "Corinth Canal"@en . _:gd762da88ea7f9ec830ffnode7d64654b81ee33ac79e8c189beed56 . _:gd762da88ea7f9ec830ffnode7d64654b81ee33ac79e8c189beed56 "Bereguardo Canal,\u00A0Italian Naviglio di Bereguardo,\u00A0\n historic canal in Lombardy, Italy, the first canal in Europe to use a series of pound locks (locks with gates at both ends) to overcome a large change in elevation. The Bereguardo Canal was one of a series of canals built around Milan in the 15th century that resulted in important improvements in lock design. A single lock (also known as a staunch lock) with vertically lifting gates had been built in 1438 on the Naviglio Grande, a water-supply canal also used for carrying stone for building the cathedral of Milan. When Bertola da Novate ... (100 of 290 words)"@en . _:gd762da88ea7f9ec830ffnode7d64654b81ee33ac79e8c189beed56 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1378527/Bereguardo-Canal"@en . _:gd762da88ea7f9ec830ffnode7d64654b81ee33ac79e8c189beed56 "Bereguardo Canal"@en . _:g2b5d6f7806429b8d8122node62aef7b9a9ce4619d3bd96937425b6 . _:g2b5d6f7806429b8d8122node62aef7b9a9ce4619d3bd96937425b6 "\n Trekvaart,\u00A0system of canals in the Low Countries, built in the 17th century and used exclusively by boats carrying passengers and parcels. The system of canals connected the main towns and cities of the area, its construction and operation being organized by local authorities. Newly built sections usually followed a straight line between towns, and other sections were reconstructions of older waterways. A towpath was provided in order for trekschuiten (passenger boats) to be pulled by horse at an average of 7 km (4.5 miles) per hour. The boats, about 15 metres (50 feet) in length and 2.5 metres (8 feet) in breadth, could carry some 30 people."@en . _:g2b5d6f7806429b8d8122node62aef7b9a9ce4619d3bd96937425b6 . _:g2b5d6f7806429b8d8122node62aef7b9a9ce4619d3bd96937425b6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1388518/Trekvaart"@en . _:g2b5d6f7806429b8d8122node62aef7b9a9ce4619d3bd96937425b6 "Trekvaart"@en . _:g2b5d6f7806429b8d8122nodee6f4fe83cda669166be8fe9af758f41 . _:g2b5d6f7806429b8d8122nodee6f4fe83cda669166be8fe9af758f41 "\n Trekvaart,\u00A0system of canals in the Low Countries, built in the 17th century and used exclusively by boats carrying passengers and parcels. The system of canals connected the main towns and cities of the area, its construction and operation being organized by local authorities. Newly built sections usually followed a straight line between towns, and other sections were reconstructions of older waterways. A towpath was provided in order for trekschuiten (passenger boats) to be pulled by horse at an average of 7 km (4.5 miles) per hour. The boats, about 15 metres (50 feet) in length and 2.5 metres (8 feet) in breadth, could carry some 30 people."@en . _:g2b5d6f7806429b8d8122nodee6f4fe83cda669166be8fe9af758f41 . _:g2b5d6f7806429b8d8122nodee6f4fe83cda669166be8fe9af758f41 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1388518/Trekvaart"@en . _:g2b5d6f7806429b8d8122nodee6f4fe83cda669166be8fe9af758f41 "Trekvaart"@en . _:gb03d3917a1bdb66efdf3nodeea913f49d9d414d2d465eb5a9b1d1d8 . _:gb03d3917a1bdb66efdf3nodeea913f49d9d414d2d465eb5a9b1d1d8 "\n Nhue Giang River,\u00A0Vietnamese Song Nhue Giang,\u00A0 canal flowing north-south for about 70 miles (113 km) through the Ha Dong?Phu Ly region of northern Vietnam. It was built just before World War II by the French colonial government to regulate the flow of water in the wet-rice farming area south of Hanoi, which covers about 425 square miles (1,100 square km) between the Red River (Song Hong) and the Day River. The creation of the canal and of the large Day River barrage, 853 feet (260 metres) wide, ensured what is known to the Vietnamese as a ?tenth-month? (i.e., autumn) harvest by draining the water. Irrigation water for ?fifth-month? (spring) crops is supplied by a catch basin and distributed via the canal."@en . _:gb03d3917a1bdb66efdf3nodeea913f49d9d414d2d465eb5a9b1d1d8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1574285/Nhue-Giang-River"@en . _:gb03d3917a1bdb66efdf3nodeea913f49d9d414d2d465eb5a9b1d1d8 "Nhue Giang River"@en . _:g4be937deabf404e597fenode7141b9e910347bde362d8eb5c2f9d18 . _:g4be937deabf404e597fenode7141b9e910347bde362d8eb5c2f9d18 "\n Elbe-Havel Canal,\u00A0German Elbe-Havel-Kanal,\u00A0 navigable waterway in Germany, linking the Elbe and Havel rivers. Its eastern end joins the Plauensee, a lake on the Havel River, at Brandenburg, downstream from Berlin. In the west it joins the Elbe north of Magdeburg at Niegripp, near the eastern terminus of the Mittelland Canal. It thus forms part of an east-west chain of waterways crossing Germany. The Elbe-Havel Canal is 56 km (35 miles) long and has three locks. With a depth of 2 metres (6.5 feet), it can accommodate vessels of up to 1,000 tons."@en . _:g4be937deabf404e597fenode7141b9e910347bde362d8eb5c2f9d18 . _:g4be937deabf404e597fenode7141b9e910347bde362d8eb5c2f9d18 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/182112/Elbe-Havel-Canal"@en . _:g4be937deabf404e597fenode7141b9e910347bde362d8eb5c2f9d18 "Elbe-Havel Canal"@en . _:g4be937deabf404e597fenode99b6201b7f4c6a73637e5c2bc96170a1 . _:g4be937deabf404e597fenode99b6201b7f4c6a73637e5c2bc96170a1 "\n Elbe-Havel Canal,\u00A0German Elbe-Havel-Kanal,\u00A0 navigable waterway in Germany, linking the Elbe and Havel rivers. Its eastern end joins the Plauensee, a lake on the Havel River, at Brandenburg, downstream from Berlin. In the west it joins the Elbe north of Magdeburg at Niegripp, near the eastern terminus of the Mittelland Canal. It thus forms part of an east-west chain of waterways crossing Germany. The Elbe-Havel Canal is 56 km (35 miles) long and has three locks. With a depth of 2 metres (6.5 feet), it can accommodate vessels of up to 1,000 tons."@en . _:g4be937deabf404e597fenode99b6201b7f4c6a73637e5c2bc96170a1 . _:g4be937deabf404e597fenode99b6201b7f4c6a73637e5c2bc96170a1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/182112/Elbe-Havel-Canal"@en . _:g4be937deabf404e597fenode99b6201b7f4c6a73637e5c2bc96170a1 "Elbe-Havel Canal"@en . _:g4aae28d62aa73e50e7adnode5053809c689c69528f4c431228325ce . _:g4aae28d62aa73e50e7adnode5053809c689c69528f4c431228325ce "\n Elbe-L\u00FCbeck Canal,\u00A0German Elbe-L\u00FCbeck-Kanal or Elbe-Trave-Kanal,\u00A0 German waterway connecting the Elbe River at Lauenberg with the Baltic Sea at L\u00FCbeck. The waterway, 64 km (40 miles) long, was built in 1895?1900 to replace the medieval Stecknitz Canal."@en . _:g4aae28d62aa73e50e7adnode5053809c689c69528f4c431228325ce . _:g4aae28d62aa73e50e7adnode5053809c689c69528f4c431228325ce "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/182116/Elbe-Lubeck-Canal"@en . _:g4aae28d62aa73e50e7adnode5053809c689c69528f4c431228325ce "Elbe-L?beck Canal"@en . _:g4aae28d62aa73e50e7adnode7c4a2851df150462e3dbc576639ee7c . _:g4aae28d62aa73e50e7adnode7c4a2851df150462e3dbc576639ee7c "\n Elbe-L\u00FCbeck Canal,\u00A0German Elbe-L\u00FCbeck-Kanal or Elbe-Trave-Kanal,\u00A0 German waterway connecting the Elbe River at Lauenberg with the Baltic Sea at L\u00FCbeck. The waterway, 64 km (40 miles) long, was built in 1895?1900 to replace the medieval Stecknitz Canal."@en . _:g4aae28d62aa73e50e7adnode7c4a2851df150462e3dbc576639ee7c . _:g4aae28d62aa73e50e7adnode7c4a2851df150462e3dbc576639ee7c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/182116/Elbe-Lubeck-Canal"@en . _:g4aae28d62aa73e50e7adnode7c4a2851df150462e3dbc576639ee7c "Elbe-L?beck Canal"@en . _:g473c1b1444050925f9d2node3f7662a4fe1f483fe9aeaa2b278b4a . _:g473c1b1444050925f9d2node3f7662a4fe1f483fe9aeaa2b278b4a "\n Erie Canal,\u00A0historic waterway of the United States, connecting the Great Lakes with New York City via the Hudson River at Albany. Taking advantage of the Mohawk River gap in the Appalachian Mountains, the Erie Canal, 584 km (363 miles) long, was the first canal in the United States to connect western waterways with the Atlantic Ocean. Construction began in 1817 and was completed in 1825. Its success propelled New York City into a major commercial centre and encouraged canal construction throughout the United States. In addition, construction of the canal served as a training ground for many of the engineers who built other American canals and railroads in the ensuing decades."@en . _:g473c1b1444050925f9d2node3f7662a4fe1f483fe9aeaa2b278b4a . _:g473c1b1444050925f9d2node3f7662a4fe1f483fe9aeaa2b278b4a "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/191438/Erie-Canal"@en . _:g473c1b1444050925f9d2node3f7662a4fe1f483fe9aeaa2b278b4a "Erie Canal"@en . _:g473c1b1444050925f9d2node98b737e186cb84cf9756dd29c6d2f15 . _:g473c1b1444050925f9d2node98b737e186cb84cf9756dd29c6d2f15 "\n Erie Canal,\u00A0historic waterway of the United States, connecting the Great Lakes with New York City via the Hudson River at Albany. Taking advantage of the Mohawk River gap in the Appalachian Mountains, the Erie Canal, 584 km (363 miles) long, was the first canal in the United States to connect western waterways with the Atlantic Ocean. Construction began in 1817 and was completed in 1825. Its success propelled New York City into a major commercial centre and encouraged canal construction throughout the United States. In addition, construction of the canal served as a training ground for many of the engineers who built other American canals and railroads in the ensuing decades."@en . _:g473c1b1444050925f9d2node98b737e186cb84cf9756dd29c6d2f15 . _:g473c1b1444050925f9d2node98b737e186cb84cf9756dd29c6d2f15 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/191438/Erie-Canal"@en . _:g473c1b1444050925f9d2node98b737e186cb84cf9756dd29c6d2f15 "Erie Canal"@en . _:g6c4a856aef5206e4c002node3632ba2c73c8c78614a2adc7d6fb3f . _:g6c4a856aef5206e4c002node3632ba2c73c8c78614a2adc7d6fb3f . _:g6c4a856aef5206e4c002node3632ba2c73c8c78614a2adc7d6fb3f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/191438/Erie-Canal/253372/Additional-Reading"@en . _:g6c4a856aef5206e4c002node3632ba2c73c8c78614a2adc7d6fb3f "Erie Canal"@en . _:g299ead1124e8b3a7b1fdnode29ca854847dbbb9b8a35bfe8c6ba660 . _:g299ead1124e8b3a7b1fdnode29ca854847dbbb9b8a35bfe8c6ba660 . _:g299ead1124e8b3a7b1fdnode29ca854847dbbb9b8a35bfe8c6ba660 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/191438/Erie-Canal/272819/From-commercial-artery-to-national-symbol"@en . _:g299ead1124e8b3a7b1fdnode29ca854847dbbb9b8a35bfe8c6ba660 "Erie Canal"@en . _:g299ead1124e8b3a7b1fdnodef9c9d87bd2c0d3b71c7094ae6b312f1 . _:g299ead1124e8b3a7b1fdnodef9c9d87bd2c0d3b71c7094ae6b312f1 . _:g299ead1124e8b3a7b1fdnodef9c9d87bd2c0d3b71c7094ae6b312f1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/191438/Erie-Canal/272819/From-commercial-artery-to-national-symbol"@en . _:g299ead1124e8b3a7b1fdnodef9c9d87bd2c0d3b71c7094ae6b312f1 "Erie Canal"@en . _:g643dccc3e0bb7af73b9bnode99ed82b6c49a468688aafa460286035 . _:g643dccc3e0bb7af73b9bnode99ed82b6c49a468688aafa460286035 "\n Amsterdam-Rhine Canal,\u00A0Dutch Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal,\u00A0 Dutch waterway connecting the port of Amsterdam with the Rhine River. From Amsterdam the canal passes to the southeast through Utrecht on its way to the Waal River near Tiel. Inaugurated in 1952, the canal has a total length of 72 km (45 miles) and contains four locks. It was enlarged in the 1970s and reopened in 1981. It is the most heavily used canal in western Europe and can handle up to four 3,000-ton lighters (unpowered barges) tied together and push-towed by a tug. The canal?s minimum depth is 5.5 metres (18 feet)."@en . _:g643dccc3e0bb7af73b9bnode99ed82b6c49a468688aafa460286035 . _:g643dccc3e0bb7af73b9bnode99ed82b6c49a468688aafa460286035 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/21914/Amsterdam-Rhine-Canal"@en . _:g643dccc3e0bb7af73b9bnode99ed82b6c49a468688aafa460286035 "Amsterdam-Rhine Canal"@en . _:g643dccc3e0bb7af73b9bnodeb4203b7917c473cf78f6dee5abaafdb6 . _:g643dccc3e0bb7af73b9bnodeb4203b7917c473cf78f6dee5abaafdb6 "\n Amsterdam-Rhine Canal,\u00A0Dutch Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal,\u00A0 Dutch waterway connecting the port of Amsterdam with the Rhine River. From Amsterdam the canal passes to the southeast through Utrecht on its way to the Waal River near Tiel. Inaugurated in 1952, the canal has a total length of 72 km (45 miles) and contains four locks. It was enlarged in the 1970s and reopened in 1981. It is the most heavily used canal in western Europe and can handle up to four 3,000-ton lighters (unpowered barges) tied together and push-towed by a tug. The canal?s minimum depth is 5.5 metres (18 feet)."@en . _:g643dccc3e0bb7af73b9bnodeb4203b7917c473cf78f6dee5abaafdb6 . _:g643dccc3e0bb7af73b9bnodeb4203b7917c473cf78f6dee5abaafdb6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/21914/Amsterdam-Rhine-Canal"@en . _:g643dccc3e0bb7af73b9bnodeb4203b7917c473cf78f6dee5abaafdb6 "Amsterdam-Rhine Canal"@en . _:g95709a3166d74725e06dnode4ff9c14183cb61545638e39267f9f6 . _:g95709a3166d74725e06dnode4ff9c14183cb61545638e39267f9f6 "\n G\u00F6ta Canal,\u00A0Swedish G\u00F6ta Kanal,\u00A0 artificial waterway that crosses southern Sweden to connect Lake V\u00E4nern with the Baltic Sea. For most of its course, the canal passes through lakes, providing inland navigation from Gothenburg to Stockholm, a distance of 558 km (347 miles) by the canal route and 950 km (590 miles) on the Baltic. The trans-Sweden canal route has 97 km (60 miles) of artificial works and includes 65 locks. The G\u00F6ta River drains Lake V\u00E4nern and, with locks to surmount the falls at Trollh\u00E4ttan, is part of the waterway."@en . _:g95709a3166d74725e06dnode4ff9c14183cb61545638e39267f9f6 . _:g95709a3166d74725e06dnode4ff9c14183cb61545638e39267f9f6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/239597/Gota-Canal"@en . _:g95709a3166d74725e06dnode4ff9c14183cb61545638e39267f9f6 "G?ta Canal"@en . _:g95709a3166d74725e06dnodeb45fb749e1bff6fa30c639fc3fd6e764 . _:g95709a3166d74725e06dnodeb45fb749e1bff6fa30c639fc3fd6e764 "\n G\u00F6ta Canal,\u00A0Swedish G\u00F6ta Kanal,\u00A0 artificial waterway that crosses southern Sweden to connect Lake V\u00E4nern with the Baltic Sea. For most of its course, the canal passes through lakes, providing inland navigation from Gothenburg to Stockholm, a distance of 558 km (347 miles) by the canal route and 950 km (590 miles) on the Baltic. The trans-Sweden canal route has 97 km (60 miles) of artificial works and includes 65 locks. The G\u00F6ta River drains Lake V\u00E4nern and, with locks to surmount the falls at Trollh\u00E4ttan, is part of the waterway."@en . _:g95709a3166d74725e06dnodeb45fb749e1bff6fa30c639fc3fd6e764 . _:g95709a3166d74725e06dnodeb45fb749e1bff6fa30c639fc3fd6e764 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/239597/Gota-Canal"@en . _:g95709a3166d74725e06dnodeb45fb749e1bff6fa30c639fc3fd6e764 "G?ta Canal"@en . _:g884c8f9458b6c404a1ffnode8a2b3fe01d34149f67246c8a348ab3d . _:g884c8f9458b6c404a1ffnode8a2b3fe01d34149f67246c8a348ab3d "\n Grand Canal,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Da Yunhe or (Wade-Giles romanization) Ta Y\u00FCn-ho, also called Jing-Hang Yunhe (?Beijing-Hangzhou Canal?),\u00A0 series of waterways in eastern and northern China that link Hangzhou in Zhejiang province with Beijing. Some 1,100 miles (1,800 km) in length, it is the world?s longest man-made waterway, though, strictly speaking, not all of it is a canal. It was built to enable successive Chinese regimes to transport surplus grain from the agriculturally rich Yangtze (Chang) and Huai river valleys to feed the capital cities and large standing armies in northern China."@en . _:g884c8f9458b6c404a1ffnode8a2b3fe01d34149f67246c8a348ab3d . _:g884c8f9458b6c404a1ffnode8a2b3fe01d34149f67246c8a348ab3d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/241131/Grand-Canal"@en . _:g884c8f9458b6c404a1ffnode8a2b3fe01d34149f67246c8a348ab3d "Grand Canal"@en . _:g884c8f9458b6c404a1ffnode8e1114e72fb54d6d2a293d5435ddaf6 . _:g884c8f9458b6c404a1ffnode8e1114e72fb54d6d2a293d5435ddaf6 "\n Grand Canal,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Da Yunhe or (Wade-Giles romanization) Ta Y\u00FCn-ho, also called Jing-Hang Yunhe (?Beijing-Hangzhou Canal?),\u00A0 series of waterways in eastern and northern China that link Hangzhou in Zhejiang province with Beijing. Some 1,100 miles (1,800 km) in length, it is the world?s longest man-made waterway, though, strictly speaking, not all of it is a canal. It was built to enable successive Chinese regimes to transport surplus grain from the agriculturally rich Yangtze (Chang) and Huai river valleys to feed the capital cities and large standing armies in northern China."@en . _:g884c8f9458b6c404a1ffnode8e1114e72fb54d6d2a293d5435ddaf6 . _:g884c8f9458b6c404a1ffnode8e1114e72fb54d6d2a293d5435ddaf6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/241131/Grand-Canal"@en . _:g884c8f9458b6c404a1ffnode8e1114e72fb54d6d2a293d5435ddaf6 "Grand Canal"@en . _:g884c8f9458b6c404a1ffnode8f5838fcb18b23bc31c18d63af3a27 . _:g884c8f9458b6c404a1ffnode8f5838fcb18b23bc31c18d63af3a27 "\n Grand Canal,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Da Yunhe or (Wade-Giles romanization) Ta Y\u00FCn-ho, also called Jing-Hang Yunhe (?Beijing-Hangzhou Canal?),\u00A0 series of waterways in eastern and northern China that link Hangzhou in Zhejiang province with Beijing. Some 1,100 miles (1,800 km) in length, it is the world?s longest man-made waterway, though, strictly speaking, not all of it is a canal. It was built to enable successive Chinese regimes to transport surplus grain from the agriculturally rich Yangtze (Chang) and Huai river valleys to feed the capital cities and large standing armies in northern China."@en . _:g884c8f9458b6c404a1ffnode8f5838fcb18b23bc31c18d63af3a27 . _:g884c8f9458b6c404a1ffnode8f5838fcb18b23bc31c18d63af3a27 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/241131/Grand-Canal"@en . _:g884c8f9458b6c404a1ffnode8f5838fcb18b23bc31c18d63af3a27 "Grand Canal"@en . _:g0973ef4c48487fac6032noded57352466bbd8c67e76e901c86dccf . _:g0973ef4c48487fac6032noded57352466bbd8c67e76e901c86dccf "\n Grand Canal,\u00A0Italian Canale Grande,\u00A0 main waterway of Venice, Italy, following a natural channel that traces a reverse-S course from San Marco Basilica to Santa Chiara Church and divides the city into two parts."@en . _:g0973ef4c48487fac6032noded57352466bbd8c67e76e901c86dccf . _:g0973ef4c48487fac6032noded57352466bbd8c67e76e901c86dccf "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/241163/Grand-Canal"@en . _:g0973ef4c48487fac6032noded57352466bbd8c67e76e901c86dccf "Grand Canal"@en . _:g53e2b35371ab44c86c87node53af13a637ba96aaa93d35d498cd669f . _:g53e2b35371ab44c86c87node53af13a637ba96aaa93d35d498cd669f "\n Grand Canal d?Alsace,\u00A0English Great Alsace Canal,\u00A0 waterway along the Rhine River, in eastern France, designed in 1922. The first section, at Kembs, opened in 1932, and three more pairs of locks were built between 1952 and 1959. The canal is now 50 km (30 miles) long and runs between Basel, Switz., and Breisach, Ger. It was built to improve navigation of the Rhine (hindered by shallows and a rapid current) and thus to increase traffic upstream from Strasbourg. Electricity is generated at the locks, the largest of each pair being 185 by 23 metres (600 by 75 feet)."@en . _:g53e2b35371ab44c86c87node53af13a637ba96aaa93d35d498cd669f . _:g53e2b35371ab44c86c87node53af13a637ba96aaa93d35d498cd669f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/241171/Grand-Canal-dAlsace"@en . _:g53e2b35371ab44c86c87node53af13a637ba96aaa93d35d498cd669f "Grand Canal d?Alsace"@en . _:g4762d81958c586ecfccanode888979ea1b1237c08b7f15dd17cfaa16 . _:g4762d81958c586ecfccanode888979ea1b1237c08b7f15dd17cfaa16 "\n Great Man-Made River\u00A0(GMR),\u00A0a network of underground pipelines bringing high-quality fresh water from ancient underground aquifers deep in the Sahara to the coast of Libya for domestic use, agriculture, and industry. The GMR was originally conceived as having several arms, or phases, though not all have been built and some may never be. Nevertheless, since 1991 the project has supplied much-needed irrigation and drinking water to populous cities and farming areas in Libya?s north, which previously were dependent on desalination plants and on declining rain-fed aquifers near the coast."@en . _:g4762d81958c586ecfccanode888979ea1b1237c08b7f15dd17cfaa16 . _:g4762d81958c586ecfccanode888979ea1b1237c08b7f15dd17cfaa16 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243446/Great-Man-Made-River-GMR"@en . _:g4762d81958c586ecfccanode888979ea1b1237c08b7f15dd17cfaa16 "Great Man-Made River (GMR)"@en . _:g4762d81958c586ecfccanodec11e34253f6c4e282f15a56c378fa83 . _:g4762d81958c586ecfccanodec11e34253f6c4e282f15a56c378fa83 "\n Great Man-Made River\u00A0(GMR),\u00A0a network of underground pipelines bringing high-quality fresh water from ancient underground aquifers deep in the Sahara to the coast of Libya for domestic use, agriculture, and industry. The GMR was originally conceived as having several arms, or phases, though not all have been built and some may never be. Nevertheless, since 1991 the project has supplied much-needed irrigation and drinking water to populous cities and farming areas in Libya?s north, which previously were dependent on desalination plants and on declining rain-fed aquifers near the coast."@en . _:g4762d81958c586ecfccanodec11e34253f6c4e282f15a56c378fa83 . _:g4762d81958c586ecfccanodec11e34253f6c4e282f15a56c378fa83 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243446/Great-Man-Made-River-GMR"@en . _:g4762d81958c586ecfccanodec11e34253f6c4e282f15a56c378fa83 "Great Man-Made River (GMR)"@en . _:g3dbfef65a07ad7275c2cnode6fe52f28c7d8eef9b5382bc96928f0ad . _:g3dbfef65a07ad7275c2cnode6fe52f28c7d8eef9b5382bc96928f0ad "\n Hongqi Canal,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Hongqi Qu or (Wade-Giles romanization) Hung-ch?i Ch?\u00FC, English Red Flag Canal,\u00A0 canal and irrigation system in northern Henan and in Shanxi provinces, eastern China, constructed in 1960?69 to irrigate the poor and infertile area of Linxian county (now Linzhou municipality) in the foothills of the Taihang Mountains west of Anyang. To relieve this area?s chronic shortage of water, the canal was constructed for 44 miles (71 km) across the mountains to a large dam on the Zhang River in Shanxi. Construction of the canal was an engineering feat: in places it required cutting the channel into sheer cliff faces and constructing 42 tunnels and many aqueducts, some of considerable length. Since 1965, when the main canal was completed, the area has been linked with a system of drainage channels and reservoirs and with more than 600 miles (965 km) of irrigation canals. The system irrigates some 100,000 acres (40,000 hectares). It supports 14 hydroelectric stations that supply power to local coal-fueled industries, producing cement, fertilizer, iron, and steel for local consumption."@en . _:g3dbfef65a07ad7275c2cnode6fe52f28c7d8eef9b5382bc96928f0ad "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/276577/Hongqi-Canal"@en . _:g3dbfef65a07ad7275c2cnode6fe52f28c7d8eef9b5382bc96928f0ad "Hongqi Canal"@en . _:g3dbfef65a07ad7275c2cnode8f68a96b47fb19ec219adbf463ab17 . _:g3dbfef65a07ad7275c2cnode8f68a96b47fb19ec219adbf463ab17 "\n Hongqi Canal,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Hongqi Qu or (Wade-Giles romanization) Hung-ch?i Ch?\u00FC, English Red Flag Canal,\u00A0 canal and irrigation system in northern Henan and in Shanxi provinces, eastern China, constructed in 1960?69 to irrigate the poor and infertile area of Linxian county (now Linzhou municipality) in the foothills of the Taihang Mountains west of Anyang. To relieve this area?s chronic shortage of water, the canal was constructed for 44 miles (71 km) across the mountains to a large dam on the Zhang River in Shanxi. Construction of the canal was an engineering feat: in places it required cutting the channel into sheer cliff faces and constructing 42 tunnels and many aqueducts, some of considerable length. Since 1965, when the main canal was completed, the area has been linked with a system of drainage channels and reservoirs and with more than 600 miles (965 km) of irrigation canals. The system irrigates some 100,000 acres (40,000 hectares). It supports 14 hydroelectric stations that supply power to local coal-fueled industries, producing cement, fertilizer, iron, and steel for local consumption."@en . _:g3dbfef65a07ad7275c2cnode8f68a96b47fb19ec219adbf463ab17 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/276577/Hongqi-Canal"@en . _:g3dbfef65a07ad7275c2cnode8f68a96b47fb19ec219adbf463ab17 "Hongqi Canal"@en . _:g49d7c9db56242276a5a1nodea4e885b9f7e19c83452cc5e315be9f3 . _:g49d7c9db56242276a5a1nodea4e885b9f7e19c83452cc5e315be9f3 "\n Karakum Canal,\u00A0 waterway in Turkmenistan. The main section, begun in 1954 and completed in 1967, runs some 520 miles (840 km) from the Amu Darya (river) to G\u00F6kdepe, west of Ashgabat, skirting the Karakum Desert. In the 1970s and ?80s the canal was extended to the Caspian Sea coast, making the total length 870 miles (1,400 km). Water from the canal, which is navigable for 280 miles (450 km), is used principally for irrigation, and fishing has been developed on the canal."@en . _:g49d7c9db56242276a5a1nodea4e885b9f7e19c83452cc5e315be9f3 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/312090/Karakum-Canal"@en . _:g49d7c9db56242276a5a1nodea4e885b9f7e19c83452cc5e315be9f3 "Karakum Canal"@en . _:g49d7c9db56242276a5a1noded07f4c6646984d69db8764804d75e5 . _:g49d7c9db56242276a5a1noded07f4c6646984d69db8764804d75e5 "\n Karakum Canal,\u00A0 waterway in Turkmenistan. The main section, begun in 1954 and completed in 1967, runs some 520 miles (840 km) from the Amu Darya (river) to G\u00F6kdepe, west of Ashgabat, skirting the Karakum Desert. In the 1970s and ?80s the canal was extended to the Caspian Sea coast, making the total length 870 miles (1,400 km). Water from the canal, which is navigable for 280 miles (450 km), is used principally for irrigation, and fishing has been developed on the canal."@en . _:g49d7c9db56242276a5a1noded07f4c6646984d69db8764804d75e5 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/312090/Karakum-Canal"@en . _:g49d7c9db56242276a5a1noded07f4c6646984d69db8764804d75e5 "Karakum Canal"@en . _:g2ab2f4f9d55ad59d90c6nodecd4dfe2d375d56a6716f81f2a4911b83 . _:g2ab2f4f9d55ad59d90c6nodecd4dfe2d375d56a6716f81f2a4911b83 "\n Kiel Canal,\u00A0German Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, English North Sea?Baltic Sea Canal,\u00A0 waterway in northern Germany, extending eastward for 98 km (61 miles) from Brunsb\u00FCttelkoog (on the North Sea, at the mouth of the Elbe River) to Holtenau (at Kiel Harbour on the Baltic Sea). The canal has been enlarged twice and is today 160 metres (526 feet) wide and 11 metres (37 feet) deep and is spanned by seven high-level bridges that have about 43 metres (140 feet) of clearance for ships beneath them. The locks are 45 metres (146 feet) wide by 327 metres (1,072 feet) long. The canal constitutes the safest, most convenient, shortest, and cheapest shipping route between the two seas."@en . _:g2ab2f4f9d55ad59d90c6nodecd4dfe2d375d56a6716f81f2a4911b83 . _:g2ab2f4f9d55ad59d90c6nodecd4dfe2d375d56a6716f81f2a4911b83 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/317477/Kiel-Canal"@en . _:g2ab2f4f9d55ad59d90c6nodecd4dfe2d375d56a6716f81f2a4911b83 "Kiel Canal"@en . _:gb369e815008d86f00e80node5ffa4fa987807407df3123c7347daa . _:gb369e815008d86f00e80node5ffa4fa987807407df3123c7347daa "\n Kommamur Canal,\u00A0also called Buckingham Canal,\u00A0 canal in eastern Andhra Pradesh state and northeastern Tamil N?du state, southeastern India. It was constructed section by section between 1806 and 1882 along the backwaters of the Coromandel Coast, which extends for a distance of 680 miles (1,100 km) from Cape Comorin northward to the Krishna and God?vari deltas."@en . _:gb369e815008d86f00e80node5ffa4fa987807407df3123c7347daa "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/321611/Kommamur-Canal"@en . _:gb369e815008d86f00e80node5ffa4fa987807407df3123c7347daa "Kommamur Canal"@en . _:gb369e815008d86f00e80nodeb565a5a368cee9b1c5e1826eb8f8dc7 . _:gb369e815008d86f00e80nodeb565a5a368cee9b1c5e1826eb8f8dc7 "\n Kommamur Canal,\u00A0also called Buckingham Canal,\u00A0 canal in eastern Andhra Pradesh state and northeastern Tamil N?du state, southeastern India. It was constructed section by section between 1806 and 1882 along the backwaters of the Coromandel Coast, which extends for a distance of 680 miles (1,100 km) from Cape Comorin northward to the Krishna and God?vari deltas."@en . _:gb369e815008d86f00e80nodeb565a5a368cee9b1c5e1826eb8f8dc7 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/321611/Kommamur-Canal"@en . _:gb369e815008d86f00e80nodeb565a5a368cee9b1c5e1826eb8f8dc7 "Kommamur Canal"@en . _:gc41ced0da8068375a7a4node65c56c1d47734c05fc41adde46cfa7b . _:gc41ced0da8068375a7a4node65c56c1d47734c05fc41adde46cfa7b "\n Lake Washington Ship Canal,\u00A0waterway, Seattle, Washington, U.S., 8 miles (13 km) long, with a minimum depth of 28.5 feet (8.7 metres), connecting Shilshole Bay (Puget Sound) with Lake Washington, passing through Lake Union, Portage Bay, and Union Bay. The canal was constructed between 1901 and 1911 in order to carry coal from mining districts east of Lake Washington to shipping points in Puget Sound. The locks near the west end of the canal, which overcome the difference of 26 feet (8 metres) between water levels, can accommodate ships up to 760 feet (230 metres) long; the locks are maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A fish ladder constructed in 1917 to accommodate anadromous fish in the region?s waterways was replaced by a new structure?complete with a public viewing gallery?in 1976."@en . _:gc41ced0da8068375a7a4node65c56c1d47734c05fc41adde46cfa7b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/328229/Lake-Washington-Ship-Canal"@en . _:gc41ced0da8068375a7a4node65c56c1d47734c05fc41adde46cfa7b "Lake Washington Ship Canal"@en . _:gc41ced0da8068375a7a4node74c316cf821bd33e4c144beaf3e5f34 . _:gc41ced0da8068375a7a4node74c316cf821bd33e4c144beaf3e5f34 "\n Lake Washington Ship Canal,\u00A0waterway, Seattle, Washington, U.S., 8 miles (13 km) long, with a minimum depth of 28.5 feet (8.7 metres), connecting Shilshole Bay (Puget Sound) with Lake Washington, passing through Lake Union, Portage Bay, and Union Bay. The canal was constructed between 1901 and 1911 in order to carry coal from mining districts east of Lake Washington to shipping points in Puget Sound. The locks near the west end of the canal, which overcome the difference of 26 feet (8 metres) between water levels, can accommodate ships up to 760 feet (230 metres) long; the locks are maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A fish ladder constructed in 1917 to accommodate anadromous fish in the region?s waterways was replaced by a new structure?complete with a public viewing gallery?in 1976."@en . _:gc41ced0da8068375a7a4node74c316cf821bd33e4c144beaf3e5f34 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/328229/Lake-Washington-Ship-Canal"@en . _:gc41ced0da8068375a7a4node74c316cf821bd33e4c144beaf3e5f34 "Lake Washington Ship Canal"@en . _:g733915b623dae22162b5node5db14b576790e916ad2cf6a7d8feca99 . _:g733915b623dae22162b5node5db14b576790e916ad2cf6a7d8feca99 "\n Ling Canal,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Ling Qu or (Wade-Giles romanization) Ling Ch?\u00FC,\u00A0 canal in the northern part of the Zhuang Autonomous Region of Guangxi, southeastern China. The Ling Canal was constructed to connect the headwaters of the Xiang River, flowing north into Hunan province, with the Li River, one of the headwater tributaries of the Gui River, which is a tributary of the Xi River leading eventually to Guangzhou (Canton). Near the city of Xing?an in northern Guangxi, these two rivers are separated by a low divide broken by a saddle. A contour canal was built leading water diverted from the Xiang along some 3 miles (5 km) of gentle gradient into the Li. Below the point at which the water for the canal was diverted, another waterway, the Bei Canal, some 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, diverted the waters of the Xiang itself to provide a better channel. The main section of the canal joining the two rivers was called the Nan Canal. The course of the Li, unsuited in its natural state for navigation, was canalized for some 17 miles (27 km) to its junction with the Gui."@en . _:g733915b623dae22162b5node5db14b576790e916ad2cf6a7d8feca99 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/342317/Ling-Canal"@en . _:g733915b623dae22162b5node5db14b576790e916ad2cf6a7d8feca99 "Ling Canal"@en . _:g733915b623dae22162b5nodecbbcb284474cc392243a85cabea6409b . _:g733915b623dae22162b5nodecbbcb284474cc392243a85cabea6409b "\n Ling Canal,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Ling Qu or (Wade-Giles romanization) Ling Ch?\u00FC,\u00A0 canal in the northern part of the Zhuang Autonomous Region of Guangxi, southeastern China. The Ling Canal was constructed to connect the headwaters of the Xiang River, flowing north into Hunan province, with the Li River, one of the headwater tributaries of the Gui River, which is a tributary of the Xi River leading eventually to Guangzhou (Canton). Near the city of Xing?an in northern Guangxi, these two rivers are separated by a low divide broken by a saddle. A contour canal was built leading water diverted from the Xiang along some 3 miles (5 km) of gentle gradient into the Li. Below the point at which the water for the canal was diverted, another waterway, the Bei Canal, some 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, diverted the waters of the Xiang itself to provide a better channel. The main section of the canal joining the two rivers was called the Nan Canal. The course of the Li, unsuited in its natural state for navigation, was canalized for some 17 miles (27 km) to its junction with the Gui."@en . _:g733915b623dae22162b5nodecbbcb284474cc392243a85cabea6409b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/342317/Ling-Canal"@en . _:g733915b623dae22162b5nodecbbcb284474cc392243a85cabea6409b "Ling Canal"@en . _:gb7a96a9bfd26b8eb58a9node1815cd305e293eb3726b1b398cb2ec . _:gb7a96a9bfd26b8eb58a9node1815cd305e293eb3726b1b398cb2ec "\n Main-Danube Canal,\u00A0also called Europa Canal, German Main-Donau-Kanal or Europa-Kanal,\u00A0 commercial waterway in the southern German state of Bavaria. Completed in 1992, the canal is 171 km (106 miles) long and runs from Bamberg on the Main River (a tributary of the Rhine River) to Kelheim on the Danube River, permitting traffic to flow between the North Sea and the Black Sea. It thus creates a 3,500-km (2,200-mile) waterway that runs through 15 countries and can accommodate barges carrying up to 2,425 tons of bulk cargo. The canal, one of the largest civil engineering projects ever undertaken, has a total of 16 locks, each about 190 metres (625 feet) long, 12 metres (40 feet) wide, and up to 30 metres (100 feet) deep. It reaches a height of more than 406 metres (1,332 feet) over the Swabian Alps, south of N\u00FCrnberg."@en . _:gb7a96a9bfd26b8eb58a9node1815cd305e293eb3726b1b398cb2ec . _:gb7a96a9bfd26b8eb58a9node1815cd305e293eb3726b1b398cb2ec "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/358596/Main-Danube-Canal"@en . _:gb7a96a9bfd26b8eb58a9node1815cd305e293eb3726b1b398cb2ec "Main-Danube Canal"@en . _:g0c02f83b044f1992097fnode4ab6e5b3e35aaf6713935cef98dc8 . _:g0c02f83b044f1992097fnode4ab6e5b3e35aaf6713935cef98dc8 "\n Manchester Ship Canal,\u00A0 waterway opened in 1894 linking Eastham, Merseyside, Eng., to the city of Manchester. The canal made Manchester accessible to large oceangoing vessels. It is 36 miles (58 km) long, 45?80 feet (14?24 m) wide, and varies in depth from 28 to 30 feet (about 9 m); it has five locks."@en . _:g0c02f83b044f1992097fnode4ab6e5b3e35aaf6713935cef98dc8 . _:g0c02f83b044f1992097fnode4ab6e5b3e35aaf6713935cef98dc8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/361390/Manchester-Ship-Canal"@en . _:g0c02f83b044f1992097fnode4ab6e5b3e35aaf6713935cef98dc8 "Manchester Ship Canal"@en . _:g0c02f83b044f1992097fnode5d83b444c44af7435f4e7ab427c9aa7 . _:g0c02f83b044f1992097fnode5d83b444c44af7435f4e7ab427c9aa7 "\n Manchester Ship Canal,\u00A0 waterway opened in 1894 linking Eastham, Merseyside, Eng., to the city of Manchester. The canal made Manchester accessible to large oceangoing vessels. It is 36 miles (58 km) long, 45?80 feet (14?24 m) wide, and varies in depth from 28 to 30 feet (about 9 m); it has five locks."@en . _:g0c02f83b044f1992097fnode5d83b444c44af7435f4e7ab427c9aa7 . _:g0c02f83b044f1992097fnode5d83b444c44af7435f4e7ab427c9aa7 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/361390/Manchester-Ship-Canal"@en . _:g0c02f83b044f1992097fnode5d83b444c44af7435f4e7ab427c9aa7 "Manchester Ship Canal"@en . _:g0c02f83b044f1992097fnode8dfdecc8fd3485d1a93ddf277b44 . _:g0c02f83b044f1992097fnode8dfdecc8fd3485d1a93ddf277b44 "\n Manchester Ship Canal,\u00A0 waterway opened in 1894 linking Eastham, Merseyside, Eng., to the city of Manchester. The canal made Manchester accessible to large oceangoing vessels. It is 36 miles (58 km) long, 45?80 feet (14?24 m) wide, and varies in depth from 28 to 30 feet (about 9 m); it has five locks."@en . _:g0c02f83b044f1992097fnode8dfdecc8fd3485d1a93ddf277b44 . _:g0c02f83b044f1992097fnode8dfdecc8fd3485d1a93ddf277b44 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/361390/Manchester-Ship-Canal"@en . _:g0c02f83b044f1992097fnode8dfdecc8fd3485d1a93ddf277b44 "Manchester Ship Canal"@en . _:g2fbda86ed9f26280339enode866691e17f9eafc05d28c1c70dda63 . _:g2fbda86ed9f26280339enode866691e17f9eafc05d28c1c70dda63 "\n Midi Canal,\u00A0also called Languedoc Canal, French Canal du Midi or Canal du Languedoc,\u00A0 historic canal in the Languedoc region of France, a major link in the inland waterway system from the Bay of Biscay of the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. It was built in the 17th century at a time when France was the centre of civil engineering excellence. The Midi Canal connects Toulouse, using water from an artificial reservoir built in the Montagne Noire (Black Mountain), with the Mediterranean at S\u00E8te via the \u00C9tang de Thau (Thau Lagoon). On its 240-km (149-mile) journey, the Midi Canal first rises 63 metres (206 feet), via 26 locks, on its 51.5-km (32-mile) stretch from Toulouse to its 5-km- (3-mile-) long summit, then descends 189 metres (620 feet) in 183.5 km (114 miles) by 74 locks to \u00C9tang de Thau. Following World War II, the canal became important for leisure boating, for which reason it is now the most heavily used canal in France. The Midi Canal was Europe?s first long-distance canal and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1996."@en . _:g2fbda86ed9f26280339enode866691e17f9eafc05d28c1c70dda63 . _:g2fbda86ed9f26280339enode866691e17f9eafc05d28c1c70dda63 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/381563/Midi-Canal"@en . _:g2fbda86ed9f26280339enode866691e17f9eafc05d28c1c70dda63 "Midi Canal"@en . _:gb49f6b7b840872501375nodea657781dc575f3e429f3069c74a8744 . _:gb49f6b7b840872501375nodea657781dc575f3e429f3069c74a8744 "\n Mittelland Canal,\u00A0German Mittellandkanal, English Midland Canal,\u00A0 German waterway begun in 1905 and completed in 1938. It extends from the Dortmund-Ems Canal east of Rheine, running eastward along the northern border of the Central German Uplands to the Elbe River north of Magdeburg (a distance of about 321 km, or 199 miles), linking there with the Elbe-Havel Canal eastward to Berlin. Side canals connect it with Osnabr\u00FCck, Hannover, Salzgitter, and Hildesheim."@en . _:gb49f6b7b840872501375nodea657781dc575f3e429f3069c74a8744 . _:gb49f6b7b840872501375nodea657781dc575f3e429f3069c74a8744 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/386325/Mittelland-Canal"@en . _:gb49f6b7b840872501375nodea657781dc575f3e429f3069c74a8744 "Mittelland Canal"@en . _:gb49f6b7b840872501375nodecefcccdf2328f56d13c21ee0773cd98f . _:gb49f6b7b840872501375nodecefcccdf2328f56d13c21ee0773cd98f "\n Mittelland Canal,\u00A0German Mittellandkanal, English Midland Canal,\u00A0 German waterway begun in 1905 and completed in 1938. It extends from the Dortmund-Ems Canal east of Rheine, running eastward along the northern border of the Central German Uplands to the Elbe River north of Magdeburg (a distance of about 321 km, or 199 miles), linking there with the Elbe-Havel Canal eastward to Berlin. Side canals connect it with Osnabr\u00FCck, Hannover, Salzgitter, and Hildesheim."@en . _:gb49f6b7b840872501375nodecefcccdf2328f56d13c21ee0773cd98f . _:gb49f6b7b840872501375nodecefcccdf2328f56d13c21ee0773cd98f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/386325/Mittelland-Canal"@en . _:gb49f6b7b840872501375nodecefcccdf2328f56d13c21ee0773cd98f "Mittelland Canal"@en . _:g9455587eca03f430da28nodea7222c98ca81dd1dbeb165c87d93c2c . _:g9455587eca03f430da28nodea7222c98ca81dd1dbeb165c87d93c2c "\n Moscow Canal,\u00A0Russian Kanal Moskva,\u00A0 ship waterway linking Moscow to the Volga River at Ivankovo, north of Moscow. Built between 1932 and 1937, the canal replaced the canalized Moskva River, which can take only small craft, as the main water access to Moscow. The water journey to the important industrial centre of Nizhny Novgorod (formerly Gorky) was shortened by 75 miles (120 km). Along the Moscow Canal?s length of 80 miles (128 km) there are 11 locks. The minimum depth is 18 feet (5.5 m), and lock dimensions are 950 by 100 feet (290 by 30 m)."@en . _:g9455587eca03f430da28nodea7222c98ca81dd1dbeb165c87d93c2c . _:g9455587eca03f430da28nodea7222c98ca81dd1dbeb165c87d93c2c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/393479/Moscow-Canal"@en . _:g9455587eca03f430da28nodea7222c98ca81dd1dbeb165c87d93c2c "Moscow Canal"@en . _:g9455587eca03f430da28noded42fdbfd4d3a8580d67ded94bddfd233 . _:g9455587eca03f430da28noded42fdbfd4d3a8580d67ded94bddfd233 "\n Moscow Canal,\u00A0Russian Kanal Moskva,\u00A0 ship waterway linking Moscow to the Volga River at Ivankovo, north of Moscow. Built between 1932 and 1937, the canal replaced the canalized Moskva River, which can take only small craft, as the main water access to Moscow. The water journey to the important industrial centre of Nizhny Novgorod (formerly Gorky) was shortened by 75 miles (120 km). Along the Moscow Canal?s length of 80 miles (128 km) there are 11 locks. The minimum depth is 18 feet (5.5 m), and lock dimensions are 950 by 100 feet (290 by 30 m)."@en . _:g9455587eca03f430da28noded42fdbfd4d3a8580d67ded94bddfd233 . _:g9455587eca03f430da28noded42fdbfd4d3a8580d67ded94bddfd233 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/393479/Moscow-Canal"@en . _:g9455587eca03f430da28noded42fdbfd4d3a8580d67ded94bddfd233 "Moscow Canal"@en . _:g9455587eca03f430da28nodee142aadba560f3e155ec749feb90b2 . _:g9455587eca03f430da28nodee142aadba560f3e155ec749feb90b2 "\n Moscow Canal,\u00A0Russian Kanal Moskva,\u00A0 ship waterway linking Moscow to the Volga River at Ivankovo, north of Moscow. Built between 1932 and 1937, the canal replaced the canalized Moskva River, which can take only small craft, as the main water access to Moscow. The water journey to the important industrial centre of Nizhny Novgorod (formerly Gorky) was shortened by 75 miles (120 km). Along the Moscow Canal?s length of 80 miles (128 km) there are 11 locks. The minimum depth is 18 feet (5.5 m), and lock dimensions are 950 by 100 feet (290 by 30 m)."@en . _:g9455587eca03f430da28nodee142aadba560f3e155ec749feb90b2 . _:g9455587eca03f430da28nodee142aadba560f3e155ec749feb90b2 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/393479/Moscow-Canal"@en . _:g9455587eca03f430da28nodee142aadba560f3e155ec749feb90b2 "Moscow Canal"@en . _:g22caa0e38a4ebac4b6b7node35c76a83f887b2fea7305c314f77f18 . _:g22caa0e38a4ebac4b6b7node35c76a83f887b2fea7305c314f77f18 "\n New York State Canal System,\u00A0formerly (1918?92) New York State Barge Canal, or Barge Canal,\u00A0 system of state-owned, state-operated waterways, 524 miles (843 km) in length, linking the Hudson River with Lake Erie, with extensions to Lakes Ontario and Champlain and Cayuga and Seneca lakes (in the Finger Lakes region). It incorporates the Erie Canal, from Troy via Rochester to Tonawanda, north of Buffalo; the Champlain Canal, which joins the Erie Canal at Waterford and extends north to Whitehall; the Oswego Canal, which connects the Erie Canal at Three Rivers (just north of Syracuse) and enters Lake Ontario at Oswego; and Cayuga and Seneca lakes, connecting these at Montezuma with the Erie Canal. It can accommodate barges 300 feet (91 metres) long, 43.5 feet (13 metres) wide, with a draft of 12 feet (3.7 metres) and a cargo capacity of 2,200 tons (2,000 metric tons). Authorized in 1903, it was completed in 1918. By the 1980s commercial shipping had declined because of the increased use of pipeline, rail, and bulk truck-carrying facilities. The canal system has, however, become popular for pleasure boating."@en . _:g22caa0e38a4ebac4b6b7node35c76a83f887b2fea7305c314f77f18 . _:g22caa0e38a4ebac4b6b7node35c76a83f887b2fea7305c314f77f18 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/412505/New-York-State-Canal-System"@en . _:g22caa0e38a4ebac4b6b7node35c76a83f887b2fea7305c314f77f18 "New York State Canal System"@en . _:g22caa0e38a4ebac4b6b7node588949a790fc4ca8d29a9e34f188c933 . _:g22caa0e38a4ebac4b6b7node588949a790fc4ca8d29a9e34f188c933 "\n New York State Canal System,\u00A0formerly (1918?92) New York State Barge Canal, or Barge Canal,\u00A0 system of state-owned, state-operated waterways, 524 miles (843 km) in length, linking the Hudson River with Lake Erie, with extensions to Lakes Ontario and Champlain and Cayuga and Seneca lakes (in the Finger Lakes region). It incorporates the Erie Canal, from Troy via Rochester to Tonawanda, north of Buffalo; the Champlain Canal, which joins the Erie Canal at Waterford and extends north to Whitehall; the Oswego Canal, which connects the Erie Canal at Three Rivers (just north of Syracuse) and enters Lake Ontario at Oswego; and Cayuga and Seneca lakes, connecting these at Montezuma with the Erie Canal. It can accommodate barges 300 feet (91 metres) long, 43.5 feet (13 metres) wide, with a draft of 12 feet (3.7 metres) and a cargo capacity of 2,200 tons (2,000 metric tons). Authorized in 1903, it was completed in 1918. By the 1980s commercial shipping had declined because of the increased use of pipeline, rail, and bulk truck-carrying facilities. The canal system has, however, become popular for pleasure boating."@en . _:g22caa0e38a4ebac4b6b7node588949a790fc4ca8d29a9e34f188c933 . _:g22caa0e38a4ebac4b6b7node588949a790fc4ca8d29a9e34f188c933 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/412505/New-York-State-Canal-System"@en . _:g22caa0e38a4ebac4b6b7node588949a790fc4ca8d29a9e34f188c933 "New York State Canal System"@en . _:g22735aef4dbf59e76871node191b7bfe793d91b6f645ce6235d244a . _:g22735aef4dbf59e76871node191b7bfe793d91b6f645ce6235d244a "\n North Sea Canal,\u00A0Dutch Noordzeekanaal,\u00A0 waterway in the Netherlands that extends in an east-west direction between Amsterdam and IJmuiden on the North Sea coast. Its construction was first proposed in 1852; work started in 1865; and the canal opened in 1876. It has been enlarged several times. Navigable by 90,000-ton oceangoing vessels, the canal is 24 km (15 miles) long, 15 metres (49 feet) deep, and 235 metres (771 feet) wide. It gave Amsterdam access to the sea and made it a major port. The sea locks at IJmuiden were destroyed during World War II but were later rebuilt; the largest is now 400 metres (1,300 feet) long by 50 metres (160 feet) wide."@en . _:g22735aef4dbf59e76871node191b7bfe793d91b6f645ce6235d244a . _:g22735aef4dbf59e76871node191b7bfe793d91b6f645ce6235d244a "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/419420/North-Sea-Canal"@en . _:g22735aef4dbf59e76871node191b7bfe793d91b6f645ce6235d244a "North Sea Canal"@en . _:g22735aef4dbf59e76871node5dd1c9833aabe4201f38d05c8f664de9 . _:g22735aef4dbf59e76871node5dd1c9833aabe4201f38d05c8f664de9 "\n North Sea Canal,\u00A0Dutch Noordzeekanaal,\u00A0 waterway in the Netherlands that extends in an east-west direction between Amsterdam and IJmuiden on the North Sea coast. Its construction was first proposed in 1852; work started in 1865; and the canal opened in 1876. It has been enlarged several times. Navigable by 90,000-ton oceangoing vessels, the canal is 24 km (15 miles) long, 15 metres (49 feet) deep, and 235 metres (771 feet) wide. It gave Amsterdam access to the sea and made it a major port. The sea locks at IJmuiden were destroyed during World War II but were later rebuilt; the largest is now 400 metres (1,300 feet) long by 50 metres (160 feet) wide."@en . _:g22735aef4dbf59e76871node5dd1c9833aabe4201f38d05c8f664de9 . _:g22735aef4dbf59e76871node5dd1c9833aabe4201f38d05c8f664de9 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/419420/North-Sea-Canal"@en . _:g22735aef4dbf59e76871node5dd1c9833aabe4201f38d05c8f664de9 "North Sea Canal"@en . _:gcc196e07f1dc94bbcc40node218e979de5eae9a2aba15b4b045db75 . _:gcc196e07f1dc94bbcc40node218e979de5eae9a2aba15b4b045db75 "\n Oder?Havel Canal,\u00A0German waterway northeast of Berlin, linking the Havel and Oder rivers. It is 52 mi (83 km) long, 108 ft (33 m) wide, and 6 1/2 ft deep, and is navigable for vessels of up to 1,000 tons. Originally called the Hohenzollern Canal, it was built in 1908?14 to carry traffic between Berlin on the Havel and the Baltic Sea port of Stettin (Szczecin, Pol.) at the mouth of the Oder. It declined in importance until 1945 but then revived with the growth of a chemical industry at Schwedt, on the eastern part of the canal near the Polish border."@en . _:gcc196e07f1dc94bbcc40node218e979de5eae9a2aba15b4b045db75 . _:gcc196e07f1dc94bbcc40node218e979de5eae9a2aba15b4b045db75 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/425065/Oder-Havel-Canal"@en . _:gcc196e07f1dc94bbcc40node218e979de5eae9a2aba15b4b045db75 "Oder?Havel Canal"@en . _:gcc196e07f1dc94bbcc40node7bd3b39acdd8bec9113774af69ef293 . _:gcc196e07f1dc94bbcc40node7bd3b39acdd8bec9113774af69ef293 "\n Oder?Havel Canal,\u00A0German waterway northeast of Berlin, linking the Havel and Oder rivers. It is 52 mi (83 km) long, 108 ft (33 m) wide, and 6 1/2 ft deep, and is navigable for vessels of up to 1,000 tons. Originally called the Hohenzollern Canal, it was built in 1908?14 to carry traffic between Berlin on the Havel and the Baltic Sea port of Stettin (Szczecin, Pol.) at the mouth of the Oder. It declined in importance until 1945 but then revived with the growth of a chemical industry at Schwedt, on the eastern part of the canal near the Polish border."@en . _:gcc196e07f1dc94bbcc40node7bd3b39acdd8bec9113774af69ef293 . _:gcc196e07f1dc94bbcc40node7bd3b39acdd8bec9113774af69ef293 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/425065/Oder-Havel-Canal"@en . _:gcc196e07f1dc94bbcc40node7bd3b39acdd8bec9113774af69ef293 "Oder?Havel Canal"@en . _:gcc196e07f1dc94bbcc40node832a65906aa042c83d2c8660cdae2a1b . _:gcc196e07f1dc94bbcc40node832a65906aa042c83d2c8660cdae2a1b "\n Oder?Havel Canal,\u00A0German waterway northeast of Berlin, linking the Havel and Oder rivers. It is 52 mi (83 km) long, 108 ft (33 m) wide, and 6 1/2 ft deep, and is navigable for vessels of up to 1,000 tons. Originally called the Hohenzollern Canal, it was built in 1908?14 to carry traffic between Berlin on the Havel and the Baltic Sea port of Stettin (Szczecin, Pol.) at the mouth of the Oder. It declined in importance until 1945 but then revived with the growth of a chemical industry at Schwedt, on the eastern part of the canal near the Polish border."@en . _:gcc196e07f1dc94bbcc40node832a65906aa042c83d2c8660cdae2a1b . _:gcc196e07f1dc94bbcc40node832a65906aa042c83d2c8660cdae2a1b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/425065/Oder-Havel-Canal"@en . _:gcc196e07f1dc94bbcc40node832a65906aa042c83d2c8660cdae2a1b "Oder?Havel Canal"@en . _:gcc196e07f1dc94bbcc40nodec2ae60e68273ce2934559289d6816f9 . _:gcc196e07f1dc94bbcc40nodec2ae60e68273ce2934559289d6816f9 "\n Oder?Havel Canal,\u00A0German waterway northeast of Berlin, linking the Havel and Oder rivers. It is 52 mi (83 km) long, 108 ft (33 m) wide, and 6 1/2 ft deep, and is navigable for vessels of up to 1,000 tons. Originally called the Hohenzollern Canal, it was built in 1908?14 to carry traffic between Berlin on the Havel and the Baltic Sea port of Stettin (Szczecin, Pol.) at the mouth of the Oder. It declined in importance until 1945 but then revived with the growth of a chemical industry at Schwedt, on the eastern part of the canal near the Polish border."@en . _:gcc196e07f1dc94bbcc40nodec2ae60e68273ce2934559289d6816f9 . _:gcc196e07f1dc94bbcc40nodec2ae60e68273ce2934559289d6816f9 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/425065/Oder-Havel-Canal"@en . _:gcc196e07f1dc94bbcc40nodec2ae60e68273ce2934559289d6816f9 "Oder?Havel Canal"@en . _:g85de6341060084ca60cfnode8f12de2c24dc53f8f0a8c9a0cd4bb6c8 . _:g85de6341060084ca60cfnode8f12de2c24dc53f8f0a8c9a0cd4bb6c8 "Panama Canal,\u00A0Spanish Canal de Panam? ,\u00A0\n lock-type canal, owned and administered by the Republic of Panama, that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the narrow Isthmus of Panama. The length of the Panama Canal from shoreline to shoreline is about 65 km (40 miles) and from deep water in the Atlantic (more specifically, the Caribbean Sea) to deep water in the Pacific about 82 km (50 miles). The canal is one of the two most strategic artificial waterways in the world, the other being the Suez Canal. Ships sailing between the east and west coasts of the United States, which otherwise would be obliged to round Cape Horn in South America, shorten their voyage by about 15,000 km (8,000 nautical miles) by using the canal. Savings of up to 6,500 km (3,500 nautical miles) also are made on voyages between one coast of North America and ports on the other side of South America. Ships sailing between Europe and East Asia or Australia can save as much as 3,700 km (2,000 nautical miles) by using the canal."@en . _:g85de6341060084ca60cfnode8f12de2c24dc53f8f0a8c9a0cd4bb6c8 . _:g85de6341060084ca60cfnode8f12de2c24dc53f8f0a8c9a0cd4bb6c8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/440784/Panama-Canal"@en . _:g85de6341060084ca60cfnode8f12de2c24dc53f8f0a8c9a0cd4bb6c8 "Panama Canal"@en . _:g85de6341060084ca60cfnodeba8a972356d5c8b78a411344d78118e8 . _:g85de6341060084ca60cfnodeba8a972356d5c8b78a411344d78118e8 "Panama Canal,\u00A0Spanish Canal de Panam? ,\u00A0\n lock-type canal, owned and administered by the Republic of Panama, that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the narrow Isthmus of Panama. The length of the Panama Canal from shoreline to shoreline is about 65 km (40 miles) and from deep water in the Atlantic (more specifically, the Caribbean Sea) to deep water in the Pacific about 82 km (50 miles). The canal is one of the two most strategic artificial waterways in the world, the other being the Suez Canal. Ships sailing between the east and west coasts of the United States, which otherwise would be obliged to round Cape Horn in South America, shorten their voyage by about 15,000 km (8,000 nautical miles) by using the canal. Savings of up to 6,500 km (3,500 nautical miles) also are made on voyages between one coast of North America and ports on the other side of South America. Ships sailing between Europe and East Asia or Australia can save as much as 3,700 km (2,000 nautical miles) by using the canal."@en . _:g85de6341060084ca60cfnodeba8a972356d5c8b78a411344d78118e8 . _:g85de6341060084ca60cfnodeba8a972356d5c8b78a411344d78118e8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/440784/Panama-Canal"@en . _:g85de6341060084ca60cfnodeba8a972356d5c8b78a411344d78118e8 "Panama Canal"@en . _:g85de6341060084ca60cfnodee48483b47ae6b99f347967b18b9371 . _:g85de6341060084ca60cfnodee48483b47ae6b99f347967b18b9371 "Panama Canal,\u00A0Spanish Canal de Panam? ,\u00A0\n lock-type canal, owned and administered by the Republic of Panama, that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the narrow Isthmus of Panama. The length of the Panama Canal from shoreline to shoreline is about 65 km (40 miles) and from deep water in the Atlantic (more specifically, the Caribbean Sea) to deep water in the Pacific about 82 km (50 miles). The canal is one of the two most strategic artificial waterways in the world, the other being the Suez Canal. Ships sailing between the east and west coasts of the United States, which otherwise would be obliged to round Cape Horn in South America, shorten their voyage by about 15,000 km (8,000 nautical miles) by using the canal. Savings of up to 6,500 km (3,500 nautical miles) also are made on voyages between one coast of North America and ports on the other side of South America. Ships sailing between Europe and East Asia or Australia can save as much as 3,700 km (2,000 nautical miles) by using the canal."@en . _:g85de6341060084ca60cfnodee48483b47ae6b99f347967b18b9371 . _:g85de6341060084ca60cfnodee48483b47ae6b99f347967b18b9371 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/440784/Panama-Canal"@en . _:g85de6341060084ca60cfnodee48483b47ae6b99f347967b18b9371 "Panama Canal"@en . _:gf5c357731a93507a2792node3038c88c846197637975dd5d525b1654 . _:gf5c357731a93507a2792node3038c88c846197637975dd5d525b1654 . _:gf5c357731a93507a2792node3038c88c846197637975dd5d525b1654 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/440784/Panama-Canal/40002/Physical-features"@en . _:gf5c357731a93507a2792node3038c88c846197637975dd5d525b1654 "Panama Canal"@en . _:g9bf8bfbabd337b40d684node1f39da892b6ebd31cde472ba8e8a3 . _:g9bf8bfbabd337b40d684node1f39da892b6ebd31cde472ba8e8a3 . _:g9bf8bfbabd337b40d684node1f39da892b6ebd31cde472ba8e8a3 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/440784/Panama-Canal/40004/Locks"@en . _:g9bf8bfbabd337b40d684node1f39da892b6ebd31cde472ba8e8a3 "Panama Canal"@en . _:g9bf8bfbabd337b40d684node98dd5681797c7b9a1427ce93fae8a8 . _:g9bf8bfbabd337b40d684node98dd5681797c7b9a1427ce93fae8a8 . _:g9bf8bfbabd337b40d684node98dd5681797c7b9a1427ce93fae8a8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/440784/Panama-Canal/40004/Locks"@en . _:g9bf8bfbabd337b40d684node98dd5681797c7b9a1427ce93fae8a8 "Panama Canal"@en . _:g6babd0979669cfd45eb7node5340a03578706d84c44e19687dc0ec . _:g6babd0979669cfd45eb7node5340a03578706d84c44e19687dc0ec . _:g6babd0979669cfd45eb7node5340a03578706d84c44e19687dc0ec "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/440784/Panama-Canal/40005/Breakwaters"@en . _:g6babd0979669cfd45eb7node5340a03578706d84c44e19687dc0ec "Panama Canal"@en . _:g3641699fe8205b92aeb5node68351c9b16ddd2173b37dc4b5bb84e8c . _:g3641699fe8205b92aeb5node68351c9b16ddd2173b37dc4b5bb84e8c . _:g3641699fe8205b92aeb5node68351c9b16ddd2173b37dc4b5bb84e8c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/440784/Panama-Canal/40006/The-economy"@en . _:g3641699fe8205b92aeb5node68351c9b16ddd2173b37dc4b5bb84e8c "Panama Canal"@en . _:g88c880d0ff8a32cfdb44node2af4ee9232161936245b398657865298 . _:g88c880d0ff8a32cfdb44node2af4ee9232161936245b398657865298 . _:g88c880d0ff8a32cfdb44node2af4ee9232161936245b398657865298 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/440784/Panama-Canal/40008/Maintenance"@en . _:g88c880d0ff8a32cfdb44node2af4ee9232161936245b398657865298 "Panama Canal"@en . _:g49bb7c02d1ace579b163node4a232bd4758782ed24ccf13cee7f43 . _:g49bb7c02d1ace579b163node4a232bd4758782ed24ccf13cee7f43 . _:g49bb7c02d1ace579b163node4a232bd4758782ed24ccf13cee7f43 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/440784/Panama-Canal/40009/Canal-traffic"@en . _:g49bb7c02d1ace579b163node4a232bd4758782ed24ccf13cee7f43 "Panama Canal"@en . _:gcd6ccd1c6e4fe108410cnode5d996fd81afdcf997bf764477479c917 . _:gcd6ccd1c6e4fe108410cnode5d996fd81afdcf997bf764477479c917 . _:gcd6ccd1c6e4fe108410cnode5d996fd81afdcf997bf764477479c917 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/440784/Panama-Canal/40010/Panama-Canal-Authority"@en . _:gcd6ccd1c6e4fe108410cnode5d996fd81afdcf997bf764477479c917 "Panama Canal"@en . _:g5645a1c6a048f2defd9bnodebae8f9725995fcfce416f8dfbd8eee9d . _:g5645a1c6a048f2defd9bnodebae8f9725995fcfce416f8dfbd8eee9d . _:g5645a1c6a048f2defd9bnodebae8f9725995fcfce416f8dfbd8eee9d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/440784/Panama-Canal/40011/Tolls"@en . _:g5645a1c6a048f2defd9bnodebae8f9725995fcfce416f8dfbd8eee9d "Panama Canal"@en . _:gf557f085b981d73898f1node3e5ad96c3b212e48534395ccc7ccfd . _:gf557f085b981d73898f1node3e5ad96c3b212e48534395ccc7ccfd . _:gf557f085b981d73898f1node3e5ad96c3b212e48534395ccc7ccfd "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/440784/Panama-Canal/40014/Capital-improvements"@en . _:gf557f085b981d73898f1node3e5ad96c3b212e48534395ccc7ccfd "Panama Canal"@en . _:gba23b9a66cf829262442node1bb44b4b0602aa43a9353c49ff51e71 . _:gba23b9a66cf829262442node1bb44b4b0602aa43a9353c49ff51e71 . _:gba23b9a66cf829262442node1bb44b4b0602aa43a9353c49ff51e71 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/440784/Panama-Canal/40016/Additional-Reading"@en . _:gba23b9a66cf829262442node1bb44b4b0602aa43a9353c49ff51e71 "Panama Canal"@en . _:gba23b9a66cf829262442node2a653a9917831c4d34db595f861ac2f . _:gba23b9a66cf829262442node2a653a9917831c4d34db595f861ac2f . _:gba23b9a66cf829262442node2a653a9917831c4d34db595f861ac2f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/440784/Panama-Canal/40016/Additional-Reading"@en . _:gba23b9a66cf829262442node2a653a9917831c4d34db595f861ac2f "Panama Canal"@en . _:gfd10d0e4c028a1275918node4339567b8d1bb3df1be6a33f2ea866 . _:gfd10d0e4c028a1275918node4339567b8d1bb3df1be6a33f2ea866 "\n Rideau Canal,\u00A0inland waterway between the Canadian capital of Ottawa and Lake Ontario at Kingston, Ont. Completed in 1832, the 200-km (125-mile) canal uses both the Rideau and Cataraqui rivers and a series of lakes, including Upper Rideau Lake at its summit, to create its waterway. Built as a military project to provide a secure connection between Montreal and Kingston, the canal has been widely used for recreational purposes for the past century. One of the oldest continuously operated canals in North America, with 24 hand-operated lock stations, the Rideau system was listed as a Canadian Heritage River in 2000. The canal was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2007."@en . _:gfd10d0e4c028a1275918node4339567b8d1bb3df1be6a33f2ea866 . _:gfd10d0e4c028a1275918node4339567b8d1bb3df1be6a33f2ea866 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/503062/Rideau-Canal"@en . _:gfd10d0e4c028a1275918node4339567b8d1bb3df1be6a33f2ea866 "Rideau Canal"@en . _:gfd10d0e4c028a1275918node4b8bd8dabc30198f45bd8efbe1c8ea . _:gfd10d0e4c028a1275918node4b8bd8dabc30198f45bd8efbe1c8ea "\n Rideau Canal,\u00A0inland waterway between the Canadian capital of Ottawa and Lake Ontario at Kingston, Ont. Completed in 1832, the 200-km (125-mile) canal uses both the Rideau and Cataraqui rivers and a series of lakes, including Upper Rideau Lake at its summit, to create its waterway. Built as a military project to provide a secure connection between Montreal and Kingston, the canal has been widely used for recreational purposes for the past century. One of the oldest continuously operated canals in North America, with 24 hand-operated lock stations, the Rideau system was listed as a Canadian Heritage River in 2000. The canal was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2007."@en . _:gfd10d0e4c028a1275918node4b8bd8dabc30198f45bd8efbe1c8ea . _:gfd10d0e4c028a1275918node4b8bd8dabc30198f45bd8efbe1c8ea "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/503062/Rideau-Canal"@en . _:gfd10d0e4c028a1275918node4b8bd8dabc30198f45bd8efbe1c8ea "Rideau Canal"@en . _:gfd10d0e4c028a1275918node6583fa646f47735e695683483373d . _:gfd10d0e4c028a1275918node6583fa646f47735e695683483373d "\n Rideau Canal,\u00A0inland waterway between the Canadian capital of Ottawa and Lake Ontario at Kingston, Ont. Completed in 1832, the 200-km (125-mile) canal uses both the Rideau and Cataraqui rivers and a series of lakes, including Upper Rideau Lake at its summit, to create its waterway. Built as a military project to provide a secure connection between Montreal and Kingston, the canal has been widely used for recreational purposes for the past century. One of the oldest continuously operated canals in North America, with 24 hand-operated lock stations, the Rideau system was listed as a Canadian Heritage River in 2000. The canal was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2007."@en . _:gfd10d0e4c028a1275918node6583fa646f47735e695683483373d . _:gfd10d0e4c028a1275918node6583fa646f47735e695683483373d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/503062/Rideau-Canal"@en . _:gfd10d0e4c028a1275918node6583fa646f47735e695683483373d "Rideau Canal"@en . _:gfd10d0e4c028a1275918nodef91c1730132dd959cad589b1df3314dc . _:gfd10d0e4c028a1275918nodef91c1730132dd959cad589b1df3314dc "\n Rideau Canal,\u00A0inland waterway between the Canadian capital of Ottawa and Lake Ontario at Kingston, Ont. Completed in 1832, the 200-km (125-mile) canal uses both the Rideau and Cataraqui rivers and a series of lakes, including Upper Rideau Lake at its summit, to create its waterway. Built as a military project to provide a secure connection between Montreal and Kingston, the canal has been widely used for recreational purposes for the past century. One of the oldest continuously operated canals in North America, with 24 hand-operated lock stations, the Rideau system was listed as a Canadian Heritage River in 2000. The canal was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2007."@en . _:gfd10d0e4c028a1275918nodef91c1730132dd959cad589b1df3314dc . _:gfd10d0e4c028a1275918nodef91c1730132dd959cad589b1df3314dc "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/503062/Rideau-Canal"@en . _:gfd10d0e4c028a1275918nodef91c1730132dd959cad589b1df3314dc "Rideau Canal"@en . _:g7ff47b052d0a70920f5anodea053d007faad1f6d43dac2a2a95a64 . _:g7ff47b052d0a70920f5anodea053d007faad1f6d43dac2a2a95a64 "\n Sirhind Canal,\u00A0canal in Punjab state, northwestern India. It opened in 1882 and consists of an extensive canal system that irrigates more than 2,000 square miles (5,200 square km) of farmland. The system?s headworks, where it draws its water, are on the Sutlej River at Ropar, near the border of Him?chal Pradesh state. From there the canal runs west-southwest to Dor?ha, where it splits into three branches. One flows west and then northwest to rejoin the Sutlej near the Pakistan border; one runs southwest past Bathinda to the border of R?jasth?n state; and the third flows southeast to Pati?la. There are many distributaries, in addition to the three principal branches."@en . _:g7ff47b052d0a70920f5anodea053d007faad1f6d43dac2a2a95a64 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/546579/Sirhind-Canal"@en . _:g7ff47b052d0a70920f5anodea053d007faad1f6d43dac2a2a95a64 "Sirhind Canal"@en . _:g7ff47b052d0a70920f5anodebc781b9777d56a32b19529a40fdde1f . _:g7ff47b052d0a70920f5anodebc781b9777d56a32b19529a40fdde1f "\n Sirhind Canal,\u00A0canal in Punjab state, northwestern India. It opened in 1882 and consists of an extensive canal system that irrigates more than 2,000 square miles (5,200 square km) of farmland. The system?s headworks, where it draws its water, are on the Sutlej River at Ropar, near the border of Him?chal Pradesh state. From there the canal runs west-southwest to Dor?ha, where it splits into three branches. One flows west and then northwest to rejoin the Sutlej near the Pakistan border; one runs southwest past Bathinda to the border of R?jasth?n state; and the third flows southeast to Pati?la. There are many distributaries, in addition to the three principal branches."@en . _:g7ff47b052d0a70920f5anodebc781b9777d56a32b19529a40fdde1f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/546579/Sirhind-Canal"@en . _:g7ff47b052d0a70920f5anodebc781b9777d56a32b19529a40fdde1f "Sirhind Canal"@en . _:g55762548319b46be2e1enodec57b44ccab71252d5148164da0f33679 . _:g55762548319b46be2e1enodec57b44ccab71252d5148164da0f33679 "\n Stecknitz Canal,\u00A0German Stecknitzfahrt,\u00A0 Europe?s first summit-level canal (canal that connects two water-drainage regions), linking the Stecknitz River (a tributary of the Trave River) with the Delvenau River (a tributary of the Elbe River). The 11.5-km (7-mile) canal was built between 1390 and 1398 to enable water transport of salt from the L\u00FCneburg region to L\u00FCbeck, capital of the Hanseatic League and an important trading centre on the Baltic Sea."@en . _:g55762548319b46be2e1enodec57b44ccab71252d5148164da0f33679 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/564617/Stecknitz-Canal"@en . _:g55762548319b46be2e1enodec57b44ccab71252d5148164da0f33679 "Stecknitz Canal"@en . _:gd18c0d2df84b1c651eecnode6ccfc7b6b34d6e6f3e2aac98f35bbafa . _:gd18c0d2df84b1c651eecnode6ccfc7b6b34d6e6f3e2aac98f35bbafa "\n Subei Canal,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Subei Guangai Zong Qu or (Wade-Giles romanization) Su-pei-kuan-kai-tsung Ch?\u00FC, English Northern Jiangsu Main Irrigation Canal,\u00A0 canal in Jiangsu province, eastern China, designed to provide a direct outlet to the sea for the waters of the Huai River, which discharged near the mouth of the Guan River. In the late 12th century ad the Huang He (Yellow River) changed its course to discharge south of the Shandong Peninsula, thus taking over the lower course of the Huai, which thereafter discharged into Hongze Lake and thence southward through a string of lakes and waterways into the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) near Yangzhou (Jiangsu). The Huang He remained in that course until the 1850s, when it again shifted to its present course north of the Shandong Peninsula. In the early 20th century the drainage of the Huai area had become a perennial problem. A canal linking Hongze Lake with the sea was constructed in 1934?37, designed not only as a channel for the discharge of floodwaters but also as the main artery of an extensive network of drainage and irrigation channels. However, the destruction of levees in 1938 during the Sino-Japanese War again temporarily shifted the Huang He into the Huai, in the process inundating a vast region and causing massive damage. After 1950 the main Subei Canal linking the Huai River with the sea was largely rebuilt and was incorporated into a waterway system covering the coastal belt of Jiangsu north of the Yangtze, which was designated as the Subei Irrigation District."@en . _:gd18c0d2df84b1c651eecnode6ccfc7b6b34d6e6f3e2aac98f35bbafa "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/570419/Subei-Canal"@en . _:gd18c0d2df84b1c651eecnode6ccfc7b6b34d6e6f3e2aac98f35bbafa "Subei Canal"@en . _:g326467ae223b805ea849node529089ca1e6af2f9c6fb29a1b5b1ed . _:g326467ae223b805ea849node529089ca1e6af2f9c6fb29a1b5b1ed "Suez Canal,\u00A0Arabic Qan?t al-Suways,\u00A0\n sea-level waterway running north-south across the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt to connect the Mediterranean and the Red seas. The canal separates the African continent from Asia, and it provides the shortest maritime route between Europe and the lands lying around the Indian and western Pacific oceans. It is one of the world?s most heavily used shipping lanes. The canal extends 101 miles (163 kilometres) between Port Said (B?r Sa??d) in the north and Suez in the south, with dredged approach channels north of Port Said into the Mediterranean, and south of Suez. The canal does not take the shortest route across the isthmus, which is only 75 miles, but utilizes several lakes, from north to south, Lake Manzala (Bu?ayrat al-Manzilah), Lake Timsah (Bu?ayrat al-Tims??), and the Bitter Lakes: Great Bitter Lake (Al-Bu?ayrah al-Murrah al-Kubr?) and Little Bitter Lake (Al-Bu?ayrah al-Murrah al-?ughr?). The Suez Canal is an open cut, without locks, and, though extensive straight lengths occur, there are eight major bends. To the west of the canal is the low-lying delta of the Nile River; to the east is the higher, rugged, and arid Sinai Peninsula. Prior to construction of the canal ... 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The canal extends 101 miles (163 kilometres) between Port Said (B?r Sa??d) in the north and Suez in the south, with dredged approach channels north of Port Said into the Mediterranean, and south of Suez. The canal does not take the shortest route across the isthmus, which is only 75 miles, but utilizes several lakes, from north to south, Lake Manzala (Bu?ayrat al-Manzilah), Lake Timsah (Bu?ayrat al-Tims??), and the Bitter Lakes: Great Bitter Lake (Al-Bu?ayrah al-Murrah al-Kubr?) and Little Bitter Lake (Al-Bu?ayrah al-Murrah al-?ughr?). The Suez Canal is an open cut, without locks, and, though extensive straight lengths occur, there are eight major bends. To the west of the canal is the low-lying delta of the Nile River; to the east is the higher, rugged, and arid Sinai Peninsula. Prior to construction of the canal ... 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The canal extends 101 miles (163 kilometres) between Port Said (B?r Sa??d) in the north and Suez in the south, with dredged approach channels north of Port Said into the Mediterranean, and south of Suez. The canal does not take the shortest route across the isthmus, which is only 75 miles, but utilizes several lakes, from north to south, Lake Manzala (Bu?ayrat al-Manzilah), Lake Timsah (Bu?ayrat al-Tims??), and the Bitter Lakes: Great Bitter Lake (Al-Bu?ayrah al-Murrah al-Kubr?) and Little Bitter Lake (Al-Bu?ayrah al-Murrah al-?ughr?). The Suez Canal is an open cut, without locks, and, though extensive straight lengths occur, there are eight major bends. To the west of the canal is the low-lying delta of the Nile River; to the east is the higher, rugged, and arid Sinai Peninsula. Prior to construction of the canal ... 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The canal extends 101 miles (163 kilometres) between Port Said (B?r Sa??d) in the north and Suez in the south, with dredged approach channels north of Port Said into the Mediterranean, and south of Suez. The canal does not take the shortest route across the isthmus, which is only 75 miles, but utilizes several lakes, from north to south, Lake Manzala (Bu?ayrat al-Manzilah), Lake Timsah (Bu?ayrat al-Tims??), and the Bitter Lakes: Great Bitter Lake (Al-Bu?ayrah al-Murrah al-Kubr?) and Little Bitter Lake (Al-Bu?ayrah al-Murrah al-?ughr?). The Suez Canal is an open cut, without locks, and, though extensive straight lengths occur, there are eight major bends. To the west of the canal is the low-lying delta of the Nile River; to the east is the higher, rugged, and arid Sinai Peninsula. Prior to construction of the canal ... 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It extends from the southeastern shore of Georgian Bay near Port Severn, up the Severn River to Lake Simcoe, eastward, connecting several lakes of the Kawartha Lake region to Rice Lake, and down the Trent River to the Bay of Quinte (at Trenton) and Lake Ontario; the small Murray Canal, 8 miles (12 km) long, connects Trenton more directly with Lake Ontario. Trent Canal?s 240-mile (386-km) main course consists of 33 miles (53 km) of man-made channels (6 to 8 feet [1.8 to 2.4 metres] deep), marine railways at Big Chute on the Severn River, and 42 locks. Among the latter are two hydraulic-lift locks, the one at Peterborough being one of the world?s highest (65 feet [20 metres]). The Trent Canal also has branches of 10 and 35 miles (16 and 56 km; the latter with one lock). Started in 1833, the waterway once served a flourishing lumber trade. Because of improved road and rail networks, however, its significance as a commercial water route declined rapidly after 1930. The waterway is now a popular tourist attraction providing access to recreational areas, and it is used for municipal water supplies, flood control, and hydroelectricity. Orillia, Barrie, Lindsay, Peterborough, and Trenton are the largest communities along the waterway."@en . _:g8268a1dd7470a981c2denode1a57b20946bcafc6d602d9b6c345af1 . _:g8268a1dd7470a981c2denode1a57b20946bcafc6d602d9b6c345af1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/604287/Trent-Canal"@en . _:g8268a1dd7470a981c2denode1a57b20946bcafc6d602d9b6c345af1 "Trent Canal"@en . _:g8268a1dd7470a981c2denoded85fac1bd754a0ab4586fc668db64d . _:g8268a1dd7470a981c2denoded85fac1bd754a0ab4586fc668db64d "\n Trent Canal,\u00A0also called Trent?Severn Waterway,\u00A0 canal, southeastern Ontario, Canada, linking Georgian Bay of Lake Huron with Lake Ontario. It extends from the southeastern shore of Georgian Bay near Port Severn, up the Severn River to Lake Simcoe, eastward, connecting several lakes of the Kawartha Lake region to Rice Lake, and down the Trent River to the Bay of Quinte (at Trenton) and Lake Ontario; the small Murray Canal, 8 miles (12 km) long, connects Trenton more directly with Lake Ontario. Trent Canal?s 240-mile (386-km) main course consists of 33 miles (53 km) of man-made channels (6 to 8 feet [1.8 to 2.4 metres] deep), marine railways at Big Chute on the Severn River, and 42 locks. Among the latter are two hydraulic-lift locks, the one at Peterborough being one of the world?s highest (65 feet [20 metres]). The Trent Canal also has branches of 10 and 35 miles (16 and 56 km; the latter with one lock). Started in 1833, the waterway once served a flourishing lumber trade. Because of improved road and rail networks, however, its significance as a commercial water route declined rapidly after 1930. The waterway is now a popular tourist attraction providing access to recreational areas, and it is used for municipal water supplies, flood control, and hydroelectricity. Orillia, Barrie, Lindsay, Peterborough, and Trenton are the largest communities along the waterway."@en . _:g8268a1dd7470a981c2denoded85fac1bd754a0ab4586fc668db64d . _:g8268a1dd7470a981c2denoded85fac1bd754a0ab4586fc668db64d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/604287/Trent-Canal"@en . _:g8268a1dd7470a981c2denoded85fac1bd754a0ab4586fc668db64d "Trent Canal"@en . _:ga9dd4a2d809e1b43c47cnodec7de449274ec54fc7d7d521c968ae9c . _:ga9dd4a2d809e1b43c47cnodec7de449274ec54fc7d7d521c968ae9c "\n Trollh\u00E4tte Canal,\u00A0waterway in Sweden, first begun in 1718 and finally opened in 1800, that is now part of the G\u00F6ta Canal."@en . _:ga9dd4a2d809e1b43c47cnodec7de449274ec54fc7d7d521c968ae9c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/606368/Trollhatte-Canal"@en . _:ga9dd4a2d809e1b43c47cnodec7de449274ec54fc7d7d521c968ae9c "Trollh?tte Canal"@en . _:g992a65809c03f922e003node8f2225f277395423f9ce64d94757c187 . _:g992a65809c03f922e003node8f2225f277395423f9ce64d94757c187 "\n Volga-Don Canal,\u00A0Russian Volgo-Donskoy Sudokhodny Kanal,\u00A0 canal linking the lower Volga River with the Don River at their closest point in southwestern Russia. The canal runs from Kalach-na-Donu, on the eastern shore of the Tsimlyansk Reservoir, for 101 km (63 miles) to Krasnoarmeysk on the Volga immediately south of Volgograd. There are 13 locks along its route, which drops 88 metres (289 feet) to the Volga and 44 metres (144 feet) to the Don. Three reservoirs?Karpovka, Bereslavka, and Varvarovka?occupy 45 km (28 miles) of its length."@en . _:g992a65809c03f922e003node8f2225f277395423f9ce64d94757c187 . _:g992a65809c03f922e003node8f2225f277395423f9ce64d94757c187 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/632224/Volga-Don-Canal"@en . _:g992a65809c03f922e003node8f2225f277395423f9ce64d94757c187 "Volga-Don Canal"@en . _:g2734f52ec5c436f46e87node64e7acc1116993467fdf9fac5fd9219 . _:g2734f52ec5c436f46e87node64e7acc1116993467fdf9fac5fd9219 "Welland Canal,\u00A0 waterway in southern Ontario, Can., that provides navigation for large vessels between Lake Erie to the south and Lake Ontario to the north and forms an important link in the St. Lawrence Seaway. The canal was necessary because the Niagara River, the natural connection between Lakes Erie and Ontario, has impassable falls and rapids. The modern Welland Canal extends 27.6 miles (44.4 km) from Port Colborne (on Lake Erie) to Port Weller (on Lake Ontario) and has a minimum depth of 30 feet (9 m). The 327-foot difference in elevation between the two lakes is overcome by eight locks, ... (100 of 215 words)"@en . _:g2734f52ec5c436f46e87node64e7acc1116993467fdf9fac5fd9219 . _:g2734f52ec5c436f46e87node64e7acc1116993467fdf9fac5fd9219 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/639327/Welland-Canal"@en . _:g2734f52ec5c436f46e87node64e7acc1116993467fdf9fac5fd9219 "Welland Canal"@en . _:g2734f52ec5c436f46e87node8e6aecb11a5fddeb408b5fbc83808762 . _:g2734f52ec5c436f46e87node8e6aecb11a5fddeb408b5fbc83808762 "Welland Canal,\u00A0 waterway in southern Ontario, Can., that provides navigation for large vessels between Lake Erie to the south and Lake Ontario to the north and forms an important link in the St. Lawrence Seaway. The canal was necessary because the Niagara River, the natural connection between Lakes Erie and Ontario, has impassable falls and rapids. The modern Welland Canal extends 27.6 miles (44.4 km) from Port Colborne (on Lake Erie) to Port Weller (on Lake Ontario) and has a minimum depth of 30 feet (9 m). The 327-foot difference in elevation between the two lakes is overcome by eight locks, ... (100 of 215 words)"@en . _:g2734f52ec5c436f46e87node8e6aecb11a5fddeb408b5fbc83808762 . _:g2734f52ec5c436f46e87node8e6aecb11a5fddeb408b5fbc83808762 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/639327/Welland-Canal"@en . _:g2734f52ec5c436f46e87node8e6aecb11a5fddeb408b5fbc83808762 "Welland Canal"@en . _:g21b9ae043a0f5748a73dnode1952cda1654c80aab3f82463321677d . _:g21b9ae043a0f5748a73dnode1952cda1654c80aab3f82463321677d "\n White Sea?Baltic Canal,\u00A0Russian Belomorsko-baltiysky Kanal,\u00A0 system of rivers, lakes, and canals in northwestern Russia that connects the White Sea to Lake Onega, where it joins the Volga-Baltic Waterway."@en . _:g21b9ae043a0f5748a73dnode1952cda1654c80aab3f82463321677d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/642596/White-Sea-Baltic-Canal"@en . _:g21b9ae043a0f5748a73dnode1952cda1654c80aab3f82463321677d "White Sea?Baltic Canal"@en . _:g8dfbea056a6428281185node4910526c45701bd5f0d5e76e373a9b6 . _:g8dfbea056a6428281185node4910526c45701bd5f0d5e76e373a9b6 "Bian Canal,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Bian He or Bian Shui or (Wade-Giles romanization) Pien Ho or Pien Shui,\u00A0\n historic canal running northwest-southeast through Henan, Anhui, and Jiangsu provinces of eastern China. The name was given to several different canals that connected the Huang He (Yellow River), north of Zhengzhou in Henan, with the Huai River and then, via the Shanyang Canal, with the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) at Yangzhou, in Jiangsu. The terrain in the region is so flat and the drainage system so impermanent that no major engineering works were involved, apart from the manpower needed to excavate new channels. The canals made considerable use of existing waterways, which were widened, linked, and canalized."@en . _:g8dfbea056a6428281185node4910526c45701bd5f0d5e76e373a9b6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/690112/Bian-Canal"@en . _:g8dfbea056a6428281185node4910526c45701bd5f0d5e76e373a9b6 "Bian Canal"@en . _:g9a044a6680b2c75b41dbnode6e80d18af11acdab345c3518e0ad9cf7 . _:g9a044a6680b2c75b41dbnode6e80d18af11acdab345c3518e0ad9cf7 "\n Bridgewater Canal,\u00A0British canal now extending from Worsley to Liverpool. An engineering masterpiece of the 18th century, the Bridgewater Canal was executed by James Brindley, a brilliant, self-taught mechanic and engineer in the service of the Duke of Bridgewater."@en . _:g9a044a6680b2c75b41dbnode6e80d18af11acdab345c3518e0ad9cf7 . _:g9a044a6680b2c75b41dbnode6e80d18af11acdab345c3518e0ad9cf7 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/79381/Bridgewater-Canal"@en . _:g9a044a6680b2c75b41dbnode6e80d18af11acdab345c3518e0ad9cf7 "Bridgewater Canal"@en . _:g31e536df386bc002cc59node6231b54129c24f31040fde6efe4757 . _:g31e536df386bc002cc59node6231b54129c24f31040fde6efe4757 "\n Brugge-Zeebrugge Canal,\u00A0waterway built between 1896 and 1907 to connect Brugge (Bruges) in Belgium with the North Sea, thus restoring Brugge?s ancient status as an ocean port. At 7.5 miles (12 km) long, the canal has a depth of 24 feet (7 m), a minimum width of 65.7 feet (20 m), a maximum width of 350 feet (110 m), and one lock."@en . _:g31e536df386bc002cc59node6231b54129c24f31040fde6efe4757 . _:g31e536df386bc002cc59node6231b54129c24f31040fde6efe4757 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/82045/Brugge-Zeebrugge-Canal"@en . _:g31e536df386bc002cc59node6231b54129c24f31040fde6efe4757 "Brugge-Zeebrugge Canal"@en . _:g31e536df386bc002cc59nodeacdc9f902f6eae673bdc09593ac2b3 . _:g31e536df386bc002cc59nodeacdc9f902f6eae673bdc09593ac2b3 "\n Brugge-Zeebrugge Canal,\u00A0waterway built between 1896 and 1907 to connect Brugge (Bruges) in Belgium with the North Sea, thus restoring Brugge?s ancient status as an ocean port. At 7.5 miles (12 km) long, the canal has a depth of 24 feet (7 m), a minimum width of 65.7 feet (20 m), a maximum width of 350 feet (110 m), and one lock."@en . _:g31e536df386bc002cc59nodeacdc9f902f6eae673bdc09593ac2b3 . _:g31e536df386bc002cc59nodeacdc9f902f6eae673bdc09593ac2b3 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/82045/Brugge-Zeebrugge-Canal"@en . _:g31e536df386bc002cc59nodeacdc9f902f6eae673bdc09593ac2b3 "Brugge-Zeebrugge Canal"@en . _:g1e6337f9617cb49b241cnode1645b56cdc584129bef052ce7c6 . _:g1e6337f9617cb49b241cnode1645b56cdc584129bef052ce7c6 "\n Bydgoszcz Canal,\u00A0Polish Kana? Bydgoski, German Bromberger-Kanal,\u00A0 canal in north-central Poland that links the Vistula River basin with that of the Oder River. The canal extends for 27 km (17 miles) between Nak?o and the inland port city of Bydgoszcz. Construction of the 19-metre- (62-foot-) wide canal and its eight locks was completed in 1774 under Frederick II, who had annexed the region to Prussia in 1772. The canal was rebuilt between 1905 and 1917, the number of locks between the Brda and the summit being reduced from eight to four. The new locks were 57 metres (186 feet) long and 9.4 metres (31 feet) wide. The new canal was 36 metres (117 feet) wide at water level, with a depth of 2 metres (6.5 feet)."@en . _:g1e6337f9617cb49b241cnode1645b56cdc584129bef052ce7c6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/86974/Bydgoszcz-Canal"@en . _:g1e6337f9617cb49b241cnode1645b56cdc584129bef052ce7c6 "Bydgoszcz Canal"@en . _:g1e6337f9617cb49b241cnode7898121a434549441a02e4d93958c2f . _:g1e6337f9617cb49b241cnode7898121a434549441a02e4d93958c2f "\n Bydgoszcz Canal,\u00A0Polish Kana? Bydgoski, German Bromberger-Kanal,\u00A0 canal in north-central Poland that links the Vistula River basin with that of the Oder River. The canal extends for 27 km (17 miles) between Nak?o and the inland port city of Bydgoszcz. Construction of the 19-metre- (62-foot-) wide canal and its eight locks was completed in 1774 under Frederick II, who had annexed the region to Prussia in 1772. The canal was rebuilt between 1905 and 1917, the number of locks between the Brda and the summit being reduced from eight to four. The new locks were 57 metres (186 feet) long and 9.4 metres (31 feet) wide. The new canal was 36 metres (117 feet) wide at water level, with a depth of 2 metres (6.5 feet)."@en . _:g1e6337f9617cb49b241cnode7898121a434549441a02e4d93958c2f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/86974/Bydgoszcz-Canal"@en . _:g1e6337f9617cb49b241cnode7898121a434549441a02e4d93958c2f "Bydgoszcz Canal"@en . _:g1e6337f9617cb49b241cnode8efda28ebc2814aba55fce4ed6d9e . _:g1e6337f9617cb49b241cnode8efda28ebc2814aba55fce4ed6d9e "\n Bydgoszcz Canal,\u00A0Polish Kana? Bydgoski, German Bromberger-Kanal,\u00A0 canal in north-central Poland that links the Vistula River basin with that of the Oder River. The canal extends for 27 km (17 miles) between Nak?o and the inland port city of Bydgoszcz. Construction of the 19-metre- (62-foot-) wide canal and its eight locks was completed in 1774 under Frederick II, who had annexed the region to Prussia in 1772. The canal was rebuilt between 1905 and 1917, the number of locks between the Brda and the summit being reduced from eight to four. The new locks were 57 metres (186 feet) long and 9.4 metres (31 feet) wide. The new canal was 36 metres (117 feet) wide at water level, with a depth of 2 metres (6.5 feet)."@en . _:g1e6337f9617cb49b241cnode8efda28ebc2814aba55fce4ed6d9e "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/86974/Bydgoszcz-Canal"@en . _:g1e6337f9617cb49b241cnode8efda28ebc2814aba55fce4ed6d9e "Bydgoszcz Canal"@en . _:g98a3f46186a1ffe39babnode6679b186ceae76a44a509fbe2e445a . _:g98a3f46186a1ffe39babnode6679b186ceae76a44a509fbe2e445a "\n Caledonian Canal,\u00A0waterway running southwest to northeast across the Glen Mor fault of northern Scotland and connecting the North Sea with the North Atlantic Ocean. In 1773 James Watt was employed by the British government to make a survey for such a canal, which would link together a chain of freshwater lakes including Lochs Ness, Oich, and Lochy. Construction was begun in 1803 under the direction of Thomas Telford, and the canal was opened for navigation in 1822, although it was not completed until 1847. From the northeastern entrance on Moray Firth to the southwestern entrance at Loch Linnhe, the canal?s total length is about 60 miles (100 km), that of the artificial channels being about 23 miles (37 km). Formerly of great economic importance, the canal is now used only by fishing and pleasure craft because it is too small to accommodate modern oceangoing vessels."@en . _:g98a3f46186a1ffe39babnode6679b186ceae76a44a509fbe2e445a . _:g98a3f46186a1ffe39babnode6679b186ceae76a44a509fbe2e445a "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/89340/Caledonian-Canal"@en . _:g98a3f46186a1ffe39babnode6679b186ceae76a44a509fbe2e445a "Caledonian Canal"@en . _:g46bd7963b145bf0902a8node6ad83b63b6c67b5a2471adccef852d . _:g46bd7963b145bf0902a8node6ad83b63b6c67b5a2471adccef852d "\n Cape Cod Canal,\u00A0artificial waterway in southeastern Massachusetts, U.S. A part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, it joins Cape Cod Bay (northeast) with the waters of Buzzards Bay (southwest) and traverses the narrow isthmus of Cape Cod. The canal is 17.5 miles (28 km) long, including its dredged approaches. It has a width of 500 feet (152 metres) and a minimum depth of 30 feet (9 metres). There are no locks, but there are considerable tidal movements."@en . _:g46bd7963b145bf0902a8node6ad83b63b6c67b5a2471adccef852d . _:g46bd7963b145bf0902a8node6ad83b63b6c67b5a2471adccef852d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/93559/Cape-Cod-Canal"@en . _:g46bd7963b145bf0902a8node6ad83b63b6c67b5a2471adccef852d "Cape Cod Canal"@en . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node354bd8910d7e5ded587a0e8742c973d . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node354bd8910d7e5ded587a0e8742c973d "Schwarzenberg Logging Canal Photos"@en-us . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node354bd8910d7e5ded587a0e8742c973d . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node354bd8910d7e5ded587a0e8742c973d . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node473ce79b6247cf125b633d8211abfb7 . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node473ce79b6247cf125b633d8211abfb7 "Upper Austria"@en-us . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node473ce79b6247cf125b633d8211abfb7 "St. Oswald bei Haslach"@en-us . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node473ce79b6247cf125b633d8211abfb7 "Austria"@en-us . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node515d23f98245d1058576ed37ada87c8 . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node515d23f98245d1058576ed37ada87c8 _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node354bd8910d7e5ded587a0e8742c973d . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node515d23f98245d1058576ed37ada87c8 "\n The Schwarzenberg canal, one of central Europes most important logging canals, winds its way through the picturesque Bohemian Forest. \n\nThe logging canal was built more than 200 years ago and was used for rafting timber to Vienna. It crosses the watershed between the Danube and the Elbe rivers and required the construction of the first tunnel in central Europe.\n\nIn the St Oswald area the canal has been well preserved up to the present day and the water still thunders town the rocks with unbridled power. \n\n Opening Hours: Open all day. \n\nOthers: parking, Sanitary Facilities, Coach Car Parks, Caf\u00E9, Restaurant \n\nLanguages: German, Czech \n\n Suitable for: Families, Groups, Seniors \n\nContact: \nGemeinde St. Oswald bei Haslach \nSt. Oswald 18\n4170 St. Oswald bei Haslach, Austria\n\n Tel.: +43(7289)7155512 \nFax: +43(7289)715559\n\n E-Mail: koenigseder@lichtenau.ooe.gv.at "@en-us . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node515d23f98245d1058576ed37ada87c8 . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node515d23f98245d1058576ed37ada87c8 . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node515d23f98245d1058576ed37ada87c8 "Canals in Austria"@en-us . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node515d23f98245d1058576ed37ada87c8 . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node515d23f98245d1058576ed37ada87c8 . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node515d23f98245d1058576ed37ada87c8 . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node515d23f98245d1058576ed37ada87c8 _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node473ce79b6247cf125b633d8211abfb7 . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node515d23f98245d1058576ed37ada87c8 "\n Schwarzenberg Logging Canal\n \n "@en-us . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3node515d23f98245d1058576ed37ada87c8 _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3nodea8e92de01d8970db58c86cd31035eef . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3nodea8e92de01d8970db58c86cd31035eef . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3nodea8e92de01d8970db58c86cd31035eef "14.0309"@en-us . _:g9f7a08f667ed3ba3c2c3nodea8e92de01d8970db58c86cd31035eef "48.6195"@en-us . _:g0a0d9f87e7c06d895843nodee7c82a9f7eea3a98f47137ac67518ea . _:g0a0d9f87e7c06d895843nodee7c82a9f7eea3a98f47137ac67518ea "Hotels Near Albert Canal"@en-us . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1node246858daf42624c67ea4e8a713d768 . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1node246858daf42624c67ea4e8a713d768 "Antwerp"@en-us . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1node246858daf42624c67ea4e8a713d768 "Belgium"@en-us . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1node311e7fdeda299cf94f9a31137abef3a5 . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1node311e7fdeda299cf94f9a31137abef3a5 "Antwerp"@en-us . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1node311e7fdeda299cf94f9a31137abef3a5 "Belgium"@en-us . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1node7878ba93bf28fdf6f539199d76e38ee . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1node7878ba93bf28fdf6f539199d76e38ee "51.0674"@en-us . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1node7878ba93bf28fdf6f539199d76e38ee "5.1907"@en-us . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1nodec7f1eb5f191bf0e1e79248f811d9979 . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1nodec7f1eb5f191bf0e1e79248f811d9979 "5.1907"@en-us . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1nodec7f1eb5f191bf0e1e79248f811d9979 "51.0674"@en-us . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1noded2c058ca73c3b862b04c71a642ed913 . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1noded2c058ca73c3b862b04c71a642ed913 "Null"@en-us . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1noded2c058ca73c3b862b04c71a642ed913 "\n \n \n The Albert Canal\u00A0 is a canal located in northeastern Belgium, named after King Albert I of Belgium. It connects the major cities Antwerp and Li\u00E8ge and the Meuse and Scheldt rivers. It has a depth of 3.4 metres (11\u00A0ft), a free height of 6.7 metres (22\u00A0ft) and a total length of 129.5 kilometres (80.5\u00A0mi). The maximum capacity is a barge of 10,000 tons.\n\nBetween Antwerp and Li\u00E8ge, there is a height difference of 56 metres (184\u00A0ft), and a total of 6 canal locks were needed to overcome the difference in elevation. Five canal locks each have a height difference of 10 metres (33\u00A0ft), located in Genk, Diepenbeek, Hasselt, Kwaadmechelen and Olen, while the canal lock at Wijnegem has a height difference of 5.45 metres (17.9\u00A0ft).\n\nIn the 1930s, it took about 7 days to travel from Antwerp to Liege over water. These days the same distance is covered in 18 hours. Since the completion of the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal in 1992, a barge can now travel from Antwerp all the way across Europe to the Black Sea.\n\nThe Albert Canal was dug from 1930-1939. The German construction firm Hochtief AG worked on the canal between 1930 and 1934. It was used for the first time in 1940, but because of World War II, serious use only began in 1946. \n \n "@en-us . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1noded2c058ca73c3b862b04c71a642ed913 . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1noded2c058ca73c3b862b04c71a642ed913 "Canals near Antwerp"@en-us . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1noded2c058ca73c3b862b04c71a642ed913 . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1noded2c058ca73c3b862b04c71a642ed913 . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1noded2c058ca73c3b862b04c71a642ed913 . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1noded2c058ca73c3b862b04c71a642ed913 . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1noded2c058ca73c3b862b04c71a642ed913 . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1noded2c058ca73c3b862b04c71a642ed913 _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1node311e7fdeda299cf94f9a31137abef3a5 . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1noded2c058ca73c3b862b04c71a642ed913 " \n Albert Canal "@en-us . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1noded2c058ca73c3b862b04c71a642ed913 . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1noded2c058ca73c3b862b04c71a642ed913 . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1noded2c058ca73c3b862b04c71a642ed913 _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1nodec7f1eb5f191bf0e1e79248f811d9979 . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1nodedea8f733c1d165a79ec6e74517758f3d . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1nodedea8f733c1d165a79ec6e74517758f3d _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1nodedee91e47e5101de3b2dadaaed164db8f . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1nodedea8f733c1d165a79ec6e74517758f3d "\n \n \n The Albert Canal\u00A0 is a canal located in northeastern Belgium, named after King Albert I of Belgium. It connects the major cities Antwerp and Li\u00E8ge and the Meuse and Scheldt rivers. It has a depth of 3.4 metres (11\u00A0ft), a free height of 6.7 metres (22\u00A0ft) and a total length of 129.5 kilometres (80.5\u00A0mi). The maximum capacity is a barge of 10,000 tons.\n\nBetween Antwerp and Li\u00E8ge, there is a height difference of 56 metres (184\u00A0ft), and a total of 6 canal locks were needed to overcome the difference in elevation. Five canal locks each have a height difference of 10 metres (33\u00A0ft), located in Genk, Diepenbeek, Hasselt, Kwaadmechelen and Olen, while the canal lock at Wijnegem has a height difference of 5.45 metres (17.9\u00A0ft).\n\nIn the 1930s, it took about 7 days to travel from Antwerp to Liege over water. These days the same distance is covered in 18 hours. Since the completion of the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal in 1992, a barge can now travel from Antwerp all the way across Europe to the Black Sea.\n\nThe Albert Canal was dug from 1930-1939. The German construction firm Hochtief AG worked on the canal between 1930 and 1934. It was used for the first time in 1940, but because of World War II, serious use only began in 1946. \n \n "@en-us . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1nodedea8f733c1d165a79ec6e74517758f3d . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1nodedea8f733c1d165a79ec6e74517758f3d . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1nodedea8f733c1d165a79ec6e74517758f3d "Canals near Antwerp"@en-us . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1nodedea8f733c1d165a79ec6e74517758f3d . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1nodedea8f733c1d165a79ec6e74517758f3d . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1nodedea8f733c1d165a79ec6e74517758f3d . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1nodedea8f733c1d165a79ec6e74517758f3d _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1node246858daf42624c67ea4e8a713d768 . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1nodedea8f733c1d165a79ec6e74517758f3d "\n Albert Canal\n \n "@en-us . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1nodedea8f733c1d165a79ec6e74517758f3d _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1node7878ba93bf28fdf6f539199d76e38ee . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1nodedee91e47e5101de3b2dadaaed164db8f . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1nodedee91e47e5101de3b2dadaaed164db8f "Albert Canal Photos"@en-us . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1nodedee91e47e5101de3b2dadaaed164db8f . _:gf19bc97208196595e8d1nodedee91e47e5101de3b2dadaaed164db8f . _:g75df594026c259aba824node11f623514a7730ce761a1f6ae765ff . _:g75df594026c259aba824node11f623514a7730ce761a1f6ae765ff "51.028"@en-us . _:g75df594026c259aba824node11f623514a7730ce761a1f6ae765ff "4.357"@en-us . _:g75df594026c259aba824node22b0f71e849757797985b7d76d386d7 . _:g75df594026c259aba824node22b0f71e849757797985b7d76d386d7 "Brussels-Scheldt Maritime Canal Photos"@en-us . _:g75df594026c259aba824node22b0f71e849757797985b7d76d386d7 . _:g75df594026c259aba824node22b0f71e849757797985b7d76d386d7 . _:g75df594026c259aba824nodee88ff90ed463d8338b3a67efa5a047 . _:g75df594026c259aba824nodee88ff90ed463d8338b3a67efa5a047 "Brussels"@en-us . _:g75df594026c259aba824nodee88ff90ed463d8338b3a67efa5a047 "Belgium"@en-us . _:g75df594026c259aba824nodeead86b2ef6429bf24142d6ca6713f31 . _:g75df594026c259aba824nodeead86b2ef6429bf24142d6ca6713f31 _:g75df594026c259aba824node22b0f71e849757797985b7d76d386d7 . _:g75df594026c259aba824nodeead86b2ef6429bf24142d6ca6713f31 "\n The Brussels\u2013Scheldt Maritime Canal, also named the Willebroek Canal, is a canal in Belgium linking Brussels with the river Scheldt. The canal was known as the Brussels-Rupel Maritime Canal, prior to the establishment of a direct link with the Scheldt in 1997.\n\nThe canal is one of the oldest navigable canals in Belgium and indeed in Europe. Construction work began in 1550 and lasted until 1561.\n\nHowever, permission to build the canal had already been granted by Philip the Good in 1436. But due to protests from the city of Mechelen, authorized to levy taxes on all transport via the Senne, the project was stalled for a very long time.\n\nIn 1531 the Emperor, Charles V renewed the authorization of Philip the Good, but work did not begin immediately. It was not until 1550 that Mary of Hungary made an agreement to begin construction. On 16 June 1550 the mayor of Brussels, Jean de Locquenghien gave the ground-breaking ceremony. "@en-us . _:g75df594026c259aba824nodeead86b2ef6429bf24142d6ca6713f31 . _:g75df594026c259aba824nodeead86b2ef6429bf24142d6ca6713f31 . _:g75df594026c259aba824nodeead86b2ef6429bf24142d6ca6713f31 "Canals near Brussels"@en-us . _:g75df594026c259aba824nodeead86b2ef6429bf24142d6ca6713f31 . _:g75df594026c259aba824nodeead86b2ef6429bf24142d6ca6713f31 . _:g75df594026c259aba824nodeead86b2ef6429bf24142d6ca6713f31 . _:g75df594026c259aba824nodeead86b2ef6429bf24142d6ca6713f31 _:g75df594026c259aba824nodee88ff90ed463d8338b3a67efa5a047 . _:g75df594026c259aba824nodeead86b2ef6429bf24142d6ca6713f31 "\n Brussels-Scheldt Maritime Canal\n \n "@en-us . _:g75df594026c259aba824nodeead86b2ef6429bf24142d6ca6713f31 _:g75df594026c259aba824node11f623514a7730ce761a1f6ae765ff . _:g5939e6de6c573580c113node426e3caab82e4a3d3c1497b39e381 . _:g5939e6de6c573580c113node426e3caab82e4a3d3c1497b39e381 "\n The Canal At Willebroek Bridge Wintham Lock"@en-us . _:g5939e6de6c573580c113node426e3caab82e4a3d3c1497b39e381 _:g5939e6de6c573580c113node7f9f5ff6bb2cfde18f3c59c1ae5efa4 . _:g5939e6de6c573580c113node426e3caab82e4a3d3c1497b39e381 _:g5939e6de6c573580c113node8a59f915a8542c0e414535db37cde8b . _:g5939e6de6c573580c113node426e3caab82e4a3d3c1497b39e381 "Brussels-Scheldt Maritime Canal Photos"@en-us . _:g5939e6de6c573580c113node7f9f5ff6bb2cfde18f3c59c1ae5efa4 . _:g5939e6de6c573580c113node7f9f5ff6bb2cfde18f3c59c1ae5efa4 "Wintham Lock"@en-us . _:g5939e6de6c573580c113node7f9f5ff6bb2cfde18f3c59c1ae5efa4 . _:g5939e6de6c573580c113node7f9f5ff6bb2cfde18f3c59c1ae5efa4 . _:g5939e6de6c573580c113node8a59f915a8542c0e414535db37cde8b . _:g5939e6de6c573580c113node8a59f915a8542c0e414535db37cde8b "The Canal At Willebroek Bridge"@en-us . _:g5939e6de6c573580c113node8a59f915a8542c0e414535db37cde8b . _:g5939e6de6c573580c113node8a59f915a8542c0e414535db37cde8b . _:g6db8a88d80a2ffe6298anode2bcbc434af0177a7e631b14d6cefe34 . _:g6db8a88d80a2ffe6298anode2bcbc434af0177a7e631b14d6cefe34 "Old Section Of The Canal"@en-us . _:g6db8a88d80a2ffe6298anode2bcbc434af0177a7e631b14d6cefe34 . _:g6db8a88d80a2ffe6298anode2bcbc434af0177a7e631b14d6cefe34 . _:g6db8a88d80a2ffe6298anode54b34713b9f210811ea8f65cc169583e . _:g6db8a88d80a2ffe6298anode54b34713b9f210811ea8f65cc169583e "View Of New Canal Section"@en-us . _:g6db8a88d80a2ffe6298anode54b34713b9f210811ea8f65cc169583e . _:g6db8a88d80a2ffe6298anode54b34713b9f210811ea8f65cc169583e . _:g6db8a88d80a2ffe6298anodead65223d5acf1ba16681c4338679e . _:g6db8a88d80a2ffe6298anodead65223d5acf1ba16681c4338679e "\n View Of New Canal Section Old Section Of The Canal"@en-us . _:g6db8a88d80a2ffe6298anodead65223d5acf1ba16681c4338679e _:g6db8a88d80a2ffe6298anode54b34713b9f210811ea8f65cc169583e . _:g6db8a88d80a2ffe6298anodead65223d5acf1ba16681c4338679e _:g6db8a88d80a2ffe6298anode2bcbc434af0177a7e631b14d6cefe34 . _:g6db8a88d80a2ffe6298anodead65223d5acf1ba16681c4338679e "Canal du Centre Photos"@en-us . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2node30fb3715f8e22c8a8fcf4e2afdffe4 . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2node30fb3715f8e22c8a8fcf4e2afdffe4 "3.84"@en-us . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2node30fb3715f8e22c8a8fcf4e2afdffe4 "51.2809"@en-us . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2node3f661b346384a23f2af9614bd428465f . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2node3f661b346384a23f2af9614bd428465f _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2node4ab8718a1b5fd26e27735f4b6d1e236 . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2node3f661b346384a23f2af9614bd428465f "\n The Ghent-Terneuzen Canal\u00A0 also known as the \"Sea Canal\" (Zeekanaal) is a canal linking Ghent in Belgium to the port of Terneuzen on the Westerschelde (Scheldt) estuary in the Netherlands, thereby providing the former with better access to the sea.\n\nThe canal was constructed between 1823 and 1827 on the initiative of the Dutch King: Belgium (as it subsequently became) and the Netherlands had become a united country under the terms agreed at the Congress of Vienna. After Belgium broke away in 1830, traffic to and from Belgium was blocked by the Dutch until 1841.\n\nBetween 1870 and 1885 the canal was enlarged to a depth of six and a half meters at its centre, and to a width of 17 meters at its base and 68 meters at the surface level: bridges were rebuilt accordingly along the Belgian sector.\n\nThe famous Cluysen - Ter Donck Regatta was organised here for many decades (1888-1954) and during the 1913 Expo of Ghent the European Rowing Championships took place on the canal. "@en-us . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2node3f661b346384a23f2af9614bd428465f . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2node3f661b346384a23f2af9614bd428465f "Canals near Ghent"@en-us . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2node3f661b346384a23f2af9614bd428465f . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2node3f661b346384a23f2af9614bd428465f . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2node3f661b346384a23f2af9614bd428465f . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2node3f661b346384a23f2af9614bd428465f . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2node3f661b346384a23f2af9614bd428465f _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2nodec2814e698717bf5c882ae17939693c7c . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2node3f661b346384a23f2af9614bd428465f "\n Ghent-Terneuzen Canal\n \n "@en-us . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2node3f661b346384a23f2af9614bd428465f _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2node30fb3715f8e22c8a8fcf4e2afdffe4 . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2node4ab8718a1b5fd26e27735f4b6d1e236 . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2node4ab8718a1b5fd26e27735f4b6d1e236 "Ghent-Terneuzen Canal Photos"@en-us . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2node4ab8718a1b5fd26e27735f4b6d1e236 . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2node4ab8718a1b5fd26e27735f4b6d1e236 . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2nodec2814e698717bf5c882ae17939693c7c . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2nodec2814e698717bf5c882ae17939693c7c "Ghent"@en-us . _:gc4954d7d534ca32b96d2nodec2814e698717bf5c882ae17939693c7c "Belgium"@en-us . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnode59e1d17a7d177c231048f7c1eefba1 . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnode59e1d17a7d177c231048f7c1eefba1 "Quebec"@en-us . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnode59e1d17a7d177c231048f7c1eefba1 "Chambly"@en-us . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnode59e1d17a7d177c231048f7c1eefba1 "Canada"@en-us . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnode7658966cd23a9ae65b8e5c4a3a26099 . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnode7658966cd23a9ae65b8e5c4a3a26099 "-73.2575"@en-us . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnode7658966cd23a9ae65b8e5c4a3a26099 "45.3772"@en-us . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnodeb4267254811de5b14d152bdfc659c6 . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnodeb4267254811de5b14d152bdfc659c6 "Chambly Canal Photos"@en-us . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnodeb4267254811de5b14d152bdfc659c6 . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnodeb4267254811de5b14d152bdfc659c6 . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnodefaf35ceea058af295f38c21ebfb98cb0 . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnodefaf35ceea058af295f38c21ebfb98cb0 _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnodeb4267254811de5b14d152bdfc659c6 . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnodefaf35ceea058af295f38c21ebfb98cb0 "\n \n \n The Chambly Canal is a National Historic Site of Canada in the Province of Quebec, running along the Richelieu River past Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Carignan, and Chambly. Building commenced in 1831 and the canal opened in 1843. It served as a major commercial route during a time of heightened trade between the United States and Canada. Trade dwindled after World War I, and as of the 1970s, traffic has been replaced by recreational vessels.\n\nIt is part of a waterway that connects the Saint Lawrence River with the Hudson River in the United States. Lake Champlain and the Champlain Canal form the U.S. portion of the Lakes to Locks Passage. The Canal has 10 bridges - 8 of which are hand operated - and one hydraulic locks.\n\nDetails:\n\n \u00A0\u00A0\u00A0 Draft: 6.5 ft (1.98 m)\n \u00A0\u00A0\u00A0 Clearance: 29 ft (8.84 m)\n \u00A0\u00A0\u00A0 Canal Length: 12 mi (18.96 km)\n \u00A0\u00A0\u00A0 Dimensions of smallest lock: 110 ft x 21 ft (33.52 x 7m)\n \u00A0\u00A0\u00A0 Passage time: 3 to 5 hours\n \n \n "@en-us . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnodefaf35ceea058af295f38c21ebfb98cb0 . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnodefaf35ceea058af295f38c21ebfb98cb0 "Canals near Chambly"@en-us . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnodefaf35ceea058af295f38c21ebfb98cb0 . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnodefaf35ceea058af295f38c21ebfb98cb0 . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnodefaf35ceea058af295f38c21ebfb98cb0 . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnodefaf35ceea058af295f38c21ebfb98cb0 . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnodefaf35ceea058af295f38c21ebfb98cb0 _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnode59e1d17a7d177c231048f7c1eefba1 . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnodefaf35ceea058af295f38c21ebfb98cb0 "\n Chambly Canal\n \n "@en-us . _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnodefaf35ceea058af295f38c21ebfb98cb0 _:gcb74db8f1ad5e7354c3dnode7658966cd23a9ae65b8e5c4a3a26099 . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2node248154b1f9445e1daa86526677c6cef . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2node248154b1f9445e1daa86526677c6cef "\n Chambly Canal Locks In Chambly Chambly Lock Viewed In Winter Lock In Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu "@en-us . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2node248154b1f9445e1daa86526677c6cef _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2nodef126be7a234fbd4192d8b84b166f414d . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2node248154b1f9445e1daa86526677c6cef _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2nodeb984d46746dc71289498e0a53b47db . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2node248154b1f9445e1daa86526677c6cef _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2node45ab39cd79c6fb62ade7f1acab9b61 . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2node248154b1f9445e1daa86526677c6cef _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2node769eef577b3c31b080f232da6bd4872 . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2node248154b1f9445e1daa86526677c6cef "Chambly Canal Photos"@en-us . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2node45ab39cd79c6fb62ade7f1acab9b61 . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2node45ab39cd79c6fb62ade7f1acab9b61 "Lock In Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu "@en-us . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2node45ab39cd79c6fb62ade7f1acab9b61 . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2node45ab39cd79c6fb62ade7f1acab9b61 . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2node769eef577b3c31b080f232da6bd4872 . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2node769eef577b3c31b080f232da6bd4872 "Chambly Canal"@en-us . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2node769eef577b3c31b080f232da6bd4872 . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2node769eef577b3c31b080f232da6bd4872 . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2nodeb984d46746dc71289498e0a53b47db . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2nodeb984d46746dc71289498e0a53b47db "Locks In Chambly"@en-us . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2nodeb984d46746dc71289498e0a53b47db . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2nodeb984d46746dc71289498e0a53b47db . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2nodef126be7a234fbd4192d8b84b166f414d . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2nodef126be7a234fbd4192d8b84b166f414d "Chambly Lock Viewed In Winter"@en-us . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2nodef126be7a234fbd4192d8b84b166f414d . _:gea818fea671f4876dbd2nodef126be7a234fbd4192d8b84b166f414d . _:g33e5e337dacc0c5d954cnoded3d4cf72a58b8609684a774908ab38b . _:g33e5e337dacc0c5d954cnoded3d4cf72a58b8609684a774908ab38b "Hotels Near Rideau Canal"@en-us . _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnode105809023b9b071b9f1be38b038d4f0 . _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnode105809023b9b071b9f1be38b038d4f0 "Egypt"@en-us . _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnode34806368c6cc4fdd7eb3bc77664a33d . _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnode34806368c6cc4fdd7eb3bc77664a33d _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnoded5b36195b1349a98f32498925628ae7 . _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnode34806368c6cc4fdd7eb3bc77664a33d "\n \n \n The Suez Canal, also known by the nickname \"The Highway to India\", is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Opened in November 1869 after 10 years of construction work, it allows transportation by water between Europe and Asia without navigation around Africa. The northern terminus is Port Said and the southern terminus is Port Tawfik at the city of Suez. Ismailia lies on its West Bank, 3 km (1.9 mi) north of the half-way point.\n\u00A0\nWhen first built, the canal was 164 km (102 mi) long and 8 m (26 ft) deep. After multiple enlargements, the canal is 193.30 km (120.11 mi) long, 24 m (79 ft) deep and 205 metres (673 ft) wide as of 2010. It consists of the northern access channel of 22 km/14 mi, the canal itself of 162.25 km/100.82 mi and the southern access channel of 9 km/5.6 mi. The canal is single lane with passing places in Ballah By-Pass and in the Great Bitter Lake. It contains no locks; seawater flows freely through the canal. In general, the canal north of the Bitter Lakes flows north in winter and south in summer. The current south of the lakes changes with the tide at Suez.\n\u00A0\nThe canal is owned and maintained by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) of Egypt. Under international treaty, it may be used \"in time of war as in time of peace, by every vessel of commerce or of war, without distinction of flag.\" \n \n "@en-us . _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnode34806368c6cc4fdd7eb3bc77664a33d . _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnode34806368c6cc4fdd7eb3bc77664a33d . _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnode34806368c6cc4fdd7eb3bc77664a33d . _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnode34806368c6cc4fdd7eb3bc77664a33d "Canals near Ismailia"@en-us . _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnode34806368c6cc4fdd7eb3bc77664a33d . _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnode34806368c6cc4fdd7eb3bc77664a33d . _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnode34806368c6cc4fdd7eb3bc77664a33d _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnode105809023b9b071b9f1be38b038d4f0 . _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnode34806368c6cc4fdd7eb3bc77664a33d "\n Suez Canal\n \n "@en-us . _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnode34806368c6cc4fdd7eb3bc77664a33d _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnodebe9b725ae58cc8b214a82573efd99ce . _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnodebe9b725ae58cc8b214a82573efd99ce . _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnodebe9b725ae58cc8b214a82573efd99ce "30.705"@en-us . _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnodebe9b725ae58cc8b214a82573efd99ce "32.3442"@en-us . _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnoded5b36195b1349a98f32498925628ae7 . _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnoded5b36195b1349a98f32498925628ae7 "Suez Canal Photos"@en-us . _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnoded5b36195b1349a98f32498925628ae7 . _:gb6ec5bd32930b67cd58bnoded5b36195b1349a98f32498925628ae7 . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnode4f1825e98ad854da2c801ef93a261377 . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnode4f1825e98ad854da2c801ef93a261377 "Commercial Road Lock On Regents Canal"@en-us . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnode4f1825e98ad854da2c801ef93a261377 . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnode4f1825e98ad854da2c801ef93a261377 . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnode7ebba35b1d188889b533c56cc448d373 . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnode7ebba35b1d188889b533c56cc448d373 "Regents Canal Near St Marks Regents Park"@en-us . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnode7ebba35b1d188889b533c56cc448d373 . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnode7ebba35b1d188889b533c56cc448d373 . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnodec21a587528ca67a0c0a3fb72aa72ea9 . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnodec21a587528ca67a0c0a3fb72aa72ea9 "Regents Canal"@en-us . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnodec21a587528ca67a0c0a3fb72aa72ea9 . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnodec21a587528ca67a0c0a3fb72aa72ea9 . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnodec68dc1a7e656207d2a3a1ca4859155 . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnodec68dc1a7e656207d2a3a1ca4859155 "Regent's Canal"@en-us . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnodec68dc1a7e656207d2a3a1ca4859155 . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnodec68dc1a7e656207d2a3a1ca4859155 . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnodeffc2617e6ab0886c64432e226ce2a2 . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnodeffc2617e6ab0886c64432e226ce2a2 "\n Regents Canal Commercial Road Lock On Regents Canal Regents Canal Near St Marks Regents Park Regent's Canal"@en-us . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnodeffc2617e6ab0886c64432e226ce2a2 _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnodec68dc1a7e656207d2a3a1ca4859155 . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnodeffc2617e6ab0886c64432e226ce2a2 _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnode7ebba35b1d188889b533c56cc448d373 . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnodeffc2617e6ab0886c64432e226ce2a2 _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnode4f1825e98ad854da2c801ef93a261377 . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnodeffc2617e6ab0886c64432e226ce2a2 _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnodec21a587528ca67a0c0a3fb72aa72ea9 . _:g31b9e6c18aa0e1a4236cnodeffc2617e6ab0886c64432e226ce2a2 "Regent's Canal Photos"@en-us . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnode2193b0c5dfbc4bcf38df59d17fb90d3 . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnode2193b0c5dfbc4bcf38df59d17fb90d3 "Midi-Pyr?n?es Region"@en-us . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnode2193b0c5dfbc4bcf38df59d17fb90d3 "Haute-Garonne"@en-us . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnode2193b0c5dfbc4bcf38df59d17fb90d3 "Toulouse"@en-us . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnode2193b0c5dfbc4bcf38df59d17fb90d3 "France"@en-us . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodeab2c5716ca3741fe550d41371802765 . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodeab2c5716ca3741fe550d41371802765 "Canal Du Midi Photos"@en-us . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodeab2c5716ca3741fe550d41371802765 . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodeab2c5716ca3741fe550d41371802765 . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodebbc8c8f16dbf3ec90d6267b1c89b7c0 . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodebbc8c8f16dbf3ec90d6267b1c89b7c0 "\n \n \n The Canal du Midi (Occitan: Canal de las Doas Mars, meaning canal of the two seas) is a 240 km (150 mi) long canal in Southern France (French: le Midi). The canal connects the Garonne River to the \u00C9tang de Thau on the Mediterranean and along with the 193 km long Canal de Garonne forms the Canal des Deux Mers joining the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. The canal runs from the city of Toulouse down to the \u00C9tang de Thau. The Canal du Midi was built by Pierre-Paul Riquet. It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.\n\nHistory\nThe Canal du Midi was built to serve as a shortcut between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, avoiding the long sea voyage around hostile Spain, Barbary pirates, and a trip that in the 17th century took a full month to complete. Its strategic value was obvious and it had been discussed for centuries, in particular when King Francis I brought Leonardo da Vinci to France in 1516 and commissioned a survey of a route from the Garonne at Toulouse to the Aude at Carcassonne. The major problem was how to supply the summit sections with enough water.\n\nThe canal was built on a grand scale, with oval shaped locks 30.5 m (100 ft) long, 6 m (20 ft) wide at the gates and 11 m (36 ft) wide in the middle. This design was intended to resist the collapse of the walls that happened early in the project. The oval locks used the strength of the arch against the inward pressure of the surrounding soil that had destabilized the early locks with straight walls. Such arches had been used by the Romans for retaining walls in Gaul, so this technique was not new, but its application to locks was revolutionary and was imitated in early American canals.\n\nMany of the structures were designed with neoclassical elements to further and to echo the king's ambitions to make France a New Rome. The Canal du Midi as a grand piece of infrastructural engineering in itself was promoted as worthy of Rome and the political dreams behind it were clarified with plaques in Latin, and walls built with Roman features. The Canal du Midi was opened officially as the Canal Royal de Languedoc on May 15, 1681. It was also referred to as the Canal des Deux Mers (Canal of Two Seas).\n\nIt eventually cost over 15 million livres, of which nearly two million came from Riquet himself, leaving him with huge debts, and he died in 1680, just months before the Canal was opened. His sons inherited the canal, but the family's investments were not recovered and debts not fully paid until over 100 years later. The canal was well managed and run as a paternalistic enterprise until the revolution.\n\nCharacteristics Of The Canal\nThe 240 km long Canal has 91 locks which serve to ascend and descend a total of 190 metres (620 ft). It has 328 structures, including bridges, dams and a tunnel. There are now over 40 aqueducts, but when created by Riquet, there were only three, the R\u00E9pudre Aqueduct, Aiguille Aqueduct and Jouarres Aqueduct. To cross the other streams, the streams were dammed below the canal and the boats crossed on the rivers themselves. From 1683 to 1693, Vauban improved the canal adding drainage ditches and over 40 aqueducts. Among the most important were the Orbiel Aqueduct and Cesse Aqueducts. The Orb Aqueduct was finished in 1858 and finally, the Herbettes Aqueduct in 1983.\n\nNow the Canal has become a tourist attraction and place for leisure activities, with many people rowing, canoeing, fishing or even cruising on luxury hotel barges such as the Anjodi. The canal's beauty is enhanced by rows of stately Plane trees that line each side. The 42,000 trees, which date from the 1830s, were planted to stabilize the banks. In 2006 a wilt infection was discovered that is killing the trees. About 2,500 had been destroyed by mid-2011, at which time it was projected that all would need to be destroyed and replaced in 20 years. \n \n "@en-us . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodebbc8c8f16dbf3ec90d6267b1c89b7c0 _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodeab2c5716ca3741fe550d41371802765 . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodebbc8c8f16dbf3ec90d6267b1c89b7c0 . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodebbc8c8f16dbf3ec90d6267b1c89b7c0 . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodebbc8c8f16dbf3ec90d6267b1c89b7c0 "Canals near Toulouse"@en-us . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodebbc8c8f16dbf3ec90d6267b1c89b7c0 . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodebbc8c8f16dbf3ec90d6267b1c89b7c0 . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodebbc8c8f16dbf3ec90d6267b1c89b7c0 "Heritage Sites near Toulouse"@en-us . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodebbc8c8f16dbf3ec90d6267b1c89b7c0 . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodebbc8c8f16dbf3ec90d6267b1c89b7c0 . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodebbc8c8f16dbf3ec90d6267b1c89b7c0 _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnode2193b0c5dfbc4bcf38df59d17fb90d3 . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodebbc8c8f16dbf3ec90d6267b1c89b7c0 "\n Canal Du Midi\n \n "@en-us . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodebbc8c8f16dbf3ec90d6267b1c89b7c0 _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodec5d1ec58a5196153a192bc92fe848a . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodec5d1ec58a5196153a192bc92fe848a . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodec5d1ec58a5196153a192bc92fe848a "43.611"@en-us . _:g9b62dc196b696a698d8bnodec5d1ec58a5196153a192bc92fe848a "1.4184"@en-us . _:g558896dc8890f6862168nodeac83649a8d90cedba3b7df1bf9819bc . _:g558896dc8890f6862168nodeac83649a8d90cedba3b7df1bf9819bc "Hotels Near Dyke Ditch"@en-us . _:gc1bb9fd7a94981a8e215nodeafa6236bddda2b76a2fc34dbf9110ea . _:gc1bb9fd7a94981a8e215nodeafa6236bddda2b76a2fc34dbf9110ea "Hotels Near Corinth Canal"@en-us . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodeb1f5be6b3d9b0566aab8e7965387583 . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodeb1f5be6b3d9b0566aab8e7965387583 "Peloponnese"@en-us . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodeb1f5be6b3d9b0566aab8e7965387583 "Corinth"@en-us . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodeb1f5be6b3d9b0566aab8e7965387583 "Greece"@en-us . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodebf35c2b6188940c6a7602c759f84e71 . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodebf35c2b6188940c6a7602c759f84e71 "22.9839"@en-us . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodebf35c2b6188940c6a7602c759f84e71 "37.9344"@en-us . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodec3ff44d89fc49aa38ce85d5914915f3 . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodec3ff44d89fc49aa38ce85d5914915f3 "\n \n \n The Corinth Canal is a canal that connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnesian peninsula from the Greek mainland, thus effectively making the former an island. The builders dug the canal through the Isthmus at sea level; no locks are employed. It is 6.4 kilometres (4.0\u00A0mi) in length and only 21.3 metres (70\u00A0ft) wide at its base, making it unpassable for most modern ships. It now has little economic importance.\n\nThe canal was mooted in classical times and an abortive effort was made to build it in the 1st century AD. Construction finally got underway in 1881 but was hampered by geological and financial problems that bankrupted the original builders. It was completed in 1893, but due to the canal's narrowness, navigational problems and periodic closures to repair landslips from its steep walls, it failed to attract the level of traffic anticipated by its operators. It is now used mainly for tourist traffic. \n \n "@en-us . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodec3ff44d89fc49aa38ce85d5914915f3 _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodefea24487d1c7123eb9da43a7a57de73e . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodec3ff44d89fc49aa38ce85d5914915f3 . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodec3ff44d89fc49aa38ce85d5914915f3 . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodec3ff44d89fc49aa38ce85d5914915f3 "Canals near Corinth"@en-us . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodec3ff44d89fc49aa38ce85d5914915f3 . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodec3ff44d89fc49aa38ce85d5914915f3 . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodec3ff44d89fc49aa38ce85d5914915f3 . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodec3ff44d89fc49aa38ce85d5914915f3 _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodeb1f5be6b3d9b0566aab8e7965387583 . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodec3ff44d89fc49aa38ce85d5914915f3 "\n Corinth Canal\n \n "@en-us . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodec3ff44d89fc49aa38ce85d5914915f3 _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodebf35c2b6188940c6a7602c759f84e71 . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodefea24487d1c7123eb9da43a7a57de73e . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodefea24487d1c7123eb9da43a7a57de73e "Corinth Canal Photos"@en-us . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodefea24487d1c7123eb9da43a7a57de73e . _:g56f5fdbede324200cceenodefea24487d1c7123eb9da43a7a57de73e . _:g6b705f2094b95102bec3node3b4d2e2ec8c0c318f9d74f4dd729c4e . _:g6b705f2094b95102bec3node3b4d2e2ec8c0c318f9d74f4dd729c4e "Canal Of Corinth"@en-us . _:g6b705f2094b95102bec3node3b4d2e2ec8c0c318f9d74f4dd729c4e . _:g6b705f2094b95102bec3node3b4d2e2ec8c0c318f9d74f4dd729c4e . _:g6b705f2094b95102bec3node7abf7d7be659d91917a5b020643e2a8f . _:g6b705f2094b95102bec3node7abf7d7be659d91917a5b020643e2a8f "The Corinth Canal Seen From The Air"@en-us . _:g6b705f2094b95102bec3node7abf7d7be659d91917a5b020643e2a8f . _:g6b705f2094b95102bec3node7abf7d7be659d91917a5b020643e2a8f . _:g6b705f2094b95102bec3node7ea03a7e5841b772206b2447bde7dc22 . _:g6b705f2094b95102bec3node7ea03a7e5841b772206b2447bde7dc22 "Aerial Photography Of The Corinth Canal"@en-us . _:g6b705f2094b95102bec3node7ea03a7e5841b772206b2447bde7dc22 . _:g6b705f2094b95102bec3node7ea03a7e5841b772206b2447bde7dc22 . _:g6b705f2094b95102bec3nodee15ebad1a4fef0921de18e9d63c62a . _:g6b705f2094b95102bec3nodee15ebad1a4fef0921de18e9d63c62a "\n Canal Of Corinth The Corinth Canal Seen From The Air Aerial Photography Of The Corinth Canal"@en-us . _:g6b705f2094b95102bec3nodee15ebad1a4fef0921de18e9d63c62a _:g6b705f2094b95102bec3node3b4d2e2ec8c0c318f9d74f4dd729c4e . _:g6b705f2094b95102bec3nodee15ebad1a4fef0921de18e9d63c62a _:g6b705f2094b95102bec3node7abf7d7be659d91917a5b020643e2a8f . _:g6b705f2094b95102bec3nodee15ebad1a4fef0921de18e9d63c62a _:g6b705f2094b95102bec3node7ea03a7e5841b772206b2447bde7dc22 . _:g6b705f2094b95102bec3nodee15ebad1a4fef0921de18e9d63c62a "Corinth Canal Photos"@en-us . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21node4f3643cdc630cb491ceb738ccded42e . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21node4f3643cdc630cb491ceb738ccded42e "Rajasthan"@en-us . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21node4f3643cdc630cb491ceb738ccded42e "India"@en-us . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21node90f7e0fbb3481129a0caf72cc8cdffc6 . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21node90f7e0fbb3481129a0caf72cc8cdffc6 "\n \n \n The Indira Gandhi Canal is one of the biggest canal projects in India. It starts from the Harike Barrage at Sultanpur, a few kilometers below the confluence of the Sutlej and Beas rivers in Punjab state. Irrigation facilities to the north-western region of Rajasthan, a part of the Thar Desert. \n\nIt consists of the Rajasthan feeder canal (with the first 167 km in Punjab and Haryana and the remaining 37 km in Rajasthan) and 445 km of the Rajasthan main canal which is entirely within Rajasthan. The IGNP traverses seven districts of Rajasthan: Barmer, Bikaner, Churu, Hanumangarh, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, and Sriganganagar.\n\nSand dune stabilization \n\nThe Indira Gandhi Canal is a major step in reclaiming the Thar Desert and checking desertification of fertile areas. There is a planting programme for greening the desert in areas near the Indira Gandhi Canal which was started in 1965. This consists of the planting of shelter belts along roads and canals, blocks of plantations and sand dune stabilization. The tree species being used for planting are Dalbergia sissoo, Eucalyptus terticornis, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Morus alba, Tecomella undulata, Acacia tortilis, Azadirachta indica, Albizia lebbeck, Cassia fistula, Popular ciliata, Melia azedarch, and Acacia nilotica.\u00A0 \n \n "@en-us . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21node90f7e0fbb3481129a0caf72cc8cdffc6 _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21nodec3ea86f6b1548f57b09882154f3b7885 . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21node90f7e0fbb3481129a0caf72cc8cdffc6 . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21node90f7e0fbb3481129a0caf72cc8cdffc6 "Canals in Rajasthan"@en-us . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21node90f7e0fbb3481129a0caf72cc8cdffc6 . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21node90f7e0fbb3481129a0caf72cc8cdffc6 . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21node90f7e0fbb3481129a0caf72cc8cdffc6 . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21node90f7e0fbb3481129a0caf72cc8cdffc6 . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21node90f7e0fbb3481129a0caf72cc8cdffc6 _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21node4f3643cdc630cb491ceb738ccded42e . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21node90f7e0fbb3481129a0caf72cc8cdffc6 "\n Indira Gandhi Canal\n \n "@en-us . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21node90f7e0fbb3481129a0caf72cc8cdffc6 _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21nodea0cbcdcb9decc7acd1c9edab2e31641a . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21nodea0cbcdcb9decc7acd1c9edab2e31641a . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21nodea0cbcdcb9decc7acd1c9edab2e31641a "28.9361"@en-us . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21nodea0cbcdcb9decc7acd1c9edab2e31641a "73.0756"@en-us . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21nodec3ea86f6b1548f57b09882154f3b7885 . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21nodec3ea86f6b1548f57b09882154f3b7885 "Indira Gandhi Canal Photos"@en-us . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21nodec3ea86f6b1548f57b09882154f3b7885 . _:g3ab6bb67a3ba19221d21nodec3ea86f6b1548f57b09882154f3b7885 . _:g4677fd8fac40d01dc7b3nodea45848c040f587df262f2ce12dbcd6d0 . _:g4677fd8fac40d01dc7b3nodea45848c040f587df262f2ce12dbcd6d0 "Indira Gandhi Canal - Rajasthan"@en-us . _:g4677fd8fac40d01dc7b3nodea45848c040f587df262f2ce12dbcd6d0 . _:g4677fd8fac40d01dc7b3nodea45848c040f587df262f2ce12dbcd6d0 . _:g4677fd8fac40d01dc7b3nodeb1ae7dfee5aa4d5a52ca42d872ae2eb6 . _:g4677fd8fac40d01dc7b3nodeb1ae7dfee5aa4d5a52ca42d872ae2eb6 "\n Indira Gandhi Canal - Rajasthan"@en-us . _:g4677fd8fac40d01dc7b3nodeb1ae7dfee5aa4d5a52ca42d872ae2eb6 _:g4677fd8fac40d01dc7b3nodea45848c040f587df262f2ce12dbcd6d0 . _:g4677fd8fac40d01dc7b3nodeb1ae7dfee5aa4d5a52ca42d872ae2eb6 "Indira Gandhi Canal Photos"@en-us . _:gea8fe6ecbe953d40e0d5nodeea2b6cc586c1b53f2ab3bb26d35398d8 . _:gea8fe6ecbe953d40e0d5nodeea2b6cc586c1b53f2ab3bb26d35398d8 "Hotels Near Aqueduct of Vanvitelli"@en-us . _:ged14a56012995b1831e9node5f8d63a7eb79a7aa785f8c8c4d74b31 . _:ged14a56012995b1831e9node5f8d63a7eb79a7aa785f8c8c4d74b31 "Null"@en-us . _:ged14a56012995b1831e9node5f8d63a7eb79a7aa785f8c8c4d74b31 "\n The Aqueduct of Vanvitelli or Caroline Aqueduct is an aqueduct built to supply the Reggia di Caserta and the San Leucio complex, supplied by water arising at the foot of Taburno, from the springs of the Fizzo, in the territory of Bucciano (BN), which it carries along a winding 38 km route (mostly underground). Commissioned by Charles of Bourbon and designed by Luigi Vanvitelli (after whom it derives its two names), its construction began in March 1753 and concluded with its opening on 7 May 1762.\n\nOf particular architectural value is the perfectly preserved 529-metre-long (1,736 ft) section in tufa bridging the Valle di Maddaloni between Monte Logano (to the east) and Monte Garzano (to the west) - this section was made a World Heritage Site in 1997 and (modelled on ancient Roman aqueducts) is made of three rows of arches, 55.8 metres (183 ft) high at its highest point. "@en-us . _:ged14a56012995b1831e9node5f8d63a7eb79a7aa785f8c8c4d74b31 . _:ged14a56012995b1831e9node5f8d63a7eb79a7aa785f8c8c4d74b31 . _:ged14a56012995b1831e9node5f8d63a7eb79a7aa785f8c8c4d74b31 "Canals near Naples, "@en-us . _:ged14a56012995b1831e9node5f8d63a7eb79a7aa785f8c8c4d74b31 . _:ged14a56012995b1831e9node5f8d63a7eb79a7aa785f8c8c4d74b31 "Heritage Sites near Naples"@en-us . _:ged14a56012995b1831e9node5f8d63a7eb79a7aa785f8c8c4d74b31 . _:ged14a56012995b1831e9node5f8d63a7eb79a7aa785f8c8c4d74b31 . _:ged14a56012995b1831e9node5f8d63a7eb79a7aa785f8c8c4d74b31 . _:ged14a56012995b1831e9node5f8d63a7eb79a7aa785f8c8c4d74b31 _:ged14a56012995b1831e9nodeffece6f8862bc762cf0c5d945d764cd . _:ged14a56012995b1831e9node5f8d63a7eb79a7aa785f8c8c4d74b31 " \n Aqueduct of Vanvitelli "@en-us . _:ged14a56012995b1831e9node5f8d63a7eb79a7aa785f8c8c4d74b31 _:ged14a56012995b1831e9nodeecaf855b3e5db47d46d8317c3dd051b7 . _:ged14a56012995b1831e9node5f8d63a7eb79a7aa785f8c8c4d74b31 . _:ged14a56012995b1831e9nodeecaf855b3e5db47d46d8317c3dd051b7 . _:ged14a56012995b1831e9nodeecaf855b3e5db47d46d8317c3dd051b7 "14.4017"@en-us . _:ged14a56012995b1831e9nodeecaf855b3e5db47d46d8317c3dd051b7 "41.0592"@en-us . _:ged14a56012995b1831e9nodeffece6f8862bc762cf0c5d945d764cd . _:ged14a56012995b1831e9nodeffece6f8862bc762cf0c5d945d764cd "Campania Region"@en-us . _:ged14a56012995b1831e9nodeffece6f8862bc762cf0c5d945d764cd "Italy"@en-us . _:g3fd4b67de274e0335bf6node177bf59ee2aecfb4a802313660dfa5 . _:g3fd4b67de274e0335bf6node177bf59ee2aecfb4a802313660dfa5 "Hotels Near Grand Canal"@en-us . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnode1eb737521bf3e483bcb44fa061c0fcf2 . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnode1eb737521bf3e483bcb44fa061c0fcf2 "12.3346"@en-us . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnode1eb737521bf3e483bcb44fa061c0fcf2 "45.4375"@en-us . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnode3b777124d2eca71676b190564d1f724 . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnode3b777124d2eca71676b190564d1f724 "Venice"@en-us . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnode3b777124d2eca71676b190564d1f724 "Italy"@en-us . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnode50ac9eb42c58f8d89337a6a668a274c . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnode50ac9eb42c58f8d89337a6a668a274c "Venice"@en-us . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnode50ac9eb42c58f8d89337a6a668a274c "Italy"@en-us . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnode5c8153b720b699511dfdea217e21710 . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnode5c8153b720b699511dfdea217e21710 "45.4375"@en-us . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnode5c8153b720b699511dfdea217e21710 "12.3346"@en-us . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodeafafd6f096d08bce386ec94a9fbdbd7 . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodeafafd6f096d08bce386ec94a9fbdbd7 "Grand Canal Photos"@en-us . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodeafafd6f096d08bce386ec94a9fbdbd7 . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodeafafd6f096d08bce386ec94a9fbdbd7 . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec43933e7b2ca74535f5a83dc619f2b5 . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec43933e7b2ca74535f5a83dc619f2b5 _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodedcc559060edc773a94e7ecbafe8a6c4 . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec43933e7b2ca74535f5a83dc619f2b5 "\n \n \n The Grand Canal is a canal in Venice, Italy. It forms one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city. Public transport is provided by water buses and private water taxis, and many tourists explore the canal by gondola. At one end the canal leads into the lagoon near Santa Lucia railway station and the other end leads into Saint Mark Basin: in between it makes a large S-shape through the central districts (sestieri) of Venice. It is 3,800 m long, 30\u201390 m wide, with an average depth of five meters (16.5 ft).\n\nThe banks of the Grand Canal are lined with more than 170 buildings, most of which date to 13th to the 18th century and demonstrate the welfare and art created by the Republic of Venice. The noble Venetian families faced huge expenses to show off their richness in suitable palazzos: this contest reveals the citizens\u2019 pride and the deep bond with the lagoon. Amongst the many are the Palazzi Barbaro, Ca' Rezzonico, Ca' d'Oro, Palazzo Dario, Ca' Foscari, Palazzo Barbarigo and to Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, housing the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. The churches along the canal include the basilica of Santa Maria della Salute. Centuries-old traditions such as the Historical Regatta are perpetuated every year along the Canal.\n\nEvents:\nHistorical Regatta:\nOn the First Sunday of September takes place the Historical Regatta (\"Regata Storica\"), a competition between Venetian boats watched by thousands of people from the banks or from floating stands. Competitions are preceded by a historical procession (\"Corteo Storico\") remembering the entrance of the Queen of Cyprus Catherine Cornaro after abdication in 1489: gondoliers in costumes sail in typical 16th century boats following the Bucentaur, Doge's state galley.\n\nThe Feast-day of the Madonna della Salute:\nOn November 21, Venetians thank the Virgin Mary for saving from the plague epidemic in 1630-38 with a pilgrimage to Santa Maria della Salute. Pilgrims cross Grand Canal on a temporary pontoon bridge from Campo Santa Maria Zobenigo, and enjoy stalls and traditional dishes. \n \n "@en-us . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec43933e7b2ca74535f5a83dc619f2b5 . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec43933e7b2ca74535f5a83dc619f2b5 . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec43933e7b2ca74535f5a83dc619f2b5 "Canals near Venice"@en-us . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec43933e7b2ca74535f5a83dc619f2b5 . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec43933e7b2ca74535f5a83dc619f2b5 . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec43933e7b2ca74535f5a83dc619f2b5 . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec43933e7b2ca74535f5a83dc619f2b5 _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnode3b777124d2eca71676b190564d1f724 . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec43933e7b2ca74535f5a83dc619f2b5 "\n Grand Canal\n \n "@en-us . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec43933e7b2ca74535f5a83dc619f2b5 _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnode1eb737521bf3e483bcb44fa061c0fcf2 . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec8c162f5d5fe937b1f8b8e938df7c4ee . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec8c162f5d5fe937b1f8b8e938df7c4ee "\n \n \n The Grand Canal is a canal in Venice, Italy. It forms one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city. Public transport is provided by water buses and private water taxis, and many tourists explore the canal by gondola. At one end the canal leads into the lagoon near Santa Lucia railway station and the other end leads into Saint Mark Basin: in between it makes a large S-shape through the central districts (sestieri) of Venice. It is 3,800 m long, 30\u201390 m wide, with an average depth of five meters (16.5 ft).\n\nThe banks of the Grand Canal are lined with more than 170 buildings, most of which date to 13th to the 18th century and demonstrate the welfare and art created by the Republic of Venice. The noble Venetian families faced huge expenses to show off their richness in suitable palazzos: this contest reveals the citizens\u2019 pride and the deep bond with the lagoon. Amongst the many are the Palazzi Barbaro, Ca' Rezzonico, Ca' d'Oro, Palazzo Dario, Ca' Foscari, Palazzo Barbarigo and to Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, housing the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. The churches along the canal include the basilica of Santa Maria della Salute. Centuries-old traditions such as the Historical Regatta are perpetuated every year along the Canal.\n\nEvents:\nHistorical Regatta:\nOn the First Sunday of September takes place the Historical Regatta (\"Regata Storica\"), a competition between Venetian boats watched by thousands of people from the banks or from floating stands. Competitions are preceded by a historical procession (\"Corteo Storico\") remembering the entrance of the Queen of Cyprus Catherine Cornaro after abdication in 1489: gondoliers in costumes sail in typical 16th century boats following the Bucentaur, Doge's state galley.\n\nThe Feast-day of the Madonna della Salute:\nOn November 21, Venetians thank the Virgin Mary for saving from the plague epidemic in 1630-38 with a pilgrimage to Santa Maria della Salute. Pilgrims cross Grand Canal on a temporary pontoon bridge from Campo Santa Maria Zobenigo, and enjoy stalls and traditional dishes. \n \n "@en-us . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec8c162f5d5fe937b1f8b8e938df7c4ee _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodeafafd6f096d08bce386ec94a9fbdbd7 . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec8c162f5d5fe937b1f8b8e938df7c4ee . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec8c162f5d5fe937b1f8b8e938df7c4ee . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec8c162f5d5fe937b1f8b8e938df7c4ee "Canals near Venice"@en-us . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec8c162f5d5fe937b1f8b8e938df7c4ee . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec8c162f5d5fe937b1f8b8e938df7c4ee . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec8c162f5d5fe937b1f8b8e938df7c4ee . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec8c162f5d5fe937b1f8b8e938df7c4ee _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnode50ac9eb42c58f8d89337a6a668a274c . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec8c162f5d5fe937b1f8b8e938df7c4ee "\n Grand Canal\n \n "@en-us . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodec8c162f5d5fe937b1f8b8e938df7c4ee _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnode5c8153b720b699511dfdea217e21710 . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodedcc559060edc773a94e7ecbafe8a6c4 . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodedcc559060edc773a94e7ecbafe8a6c4 "Grand Canal Photos"@en-us . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodedcc559060edc773a94e7ecbafe8a6c4 . _:g62bef8e9e4bf657beccfnodedcc559060edc773a94e7ecbafe8a6c4 . _:g2e6a280018a351ac9d53node83a67ee441d2659a634485bebc6a5368 . _:g2e6a280018a351ac9d53node83a67ee441d2659a634485bebc6a5368 "\n Grand Canal Venise The Fondaco Dei Turchi"@en-us . _:g2e6a280018a351ac9d53node83a67ee441d2659a634485bebc6a5368 _:g2e6a280018a351ac9d53nodeb371b2d45418989a5af819412203ee9 . _:g2e6a280018a351ac9d53node83a67ee441d2659a634485bebc6a5368 _:g2e6a280018a351ac9d53nodef3e028e2db5ccbb62a38136d938263e . _:g2e6a280018a351ac9d53node83a67ee441d2659a634485bebc6a5368 "Grand Canal Photos"@en-us . _:g2e6a280018a351ac9d53nodeb371b2d45418989a5af819412203ee9 . _:g2e6a280018a351ac9d53nodeb371b2d45418989a5af819412203ee9 "The Fondaco Dei Turchi"@en-us . _:g2e6a280018a351ac9d53nodeb371b2d45418989a5af819412203ee9 . _:g2e6a280018a351ac9d53nodeb371b2d45418989a5af819412203ee9 . _:g2e6a280018a351ac9d53nodef3e028e2db5ccbb62a38136d938263e . _:g2e6a280018a351ac9d53nodef3e028e2db5ccbb62a38136d938263e "Grand Canal Venise"@en-us . _:g2e6a280018a351ac9d53nodef3e028e2db5ccbb62a38136d938263e . _:g2e6a280018a351ac9d53nodef3e028e2db5ccbb62a38136d938263e . _:g7f6e10b21bb394fd3a48node8445c7238f91f7b868c98ad4c20357e . _:g7f6e10b21bb394fd3a48node8445c7238f91f7b868c98ad4c20357e "Hotels Near Canals of Amsterdam"@en-us . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node04694515cf0744a84c179dbb6bfa8 . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node04694515cf0744a84c179dbb6bfa8 "4.8974"@en-us . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node04694515cf0744a84c179dbb6bfa8 "52.3482"@en-us . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node08bfab0cae06922f8cdaa9010bd275b . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node08bfab0cae06922f8cdaa9010bd275b "\n \n \n Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, has been called the \"Venice of the North\" for its more than one hundred kilometres of canals, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals, Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht, dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city, known as the grachtengordel. Alongside the main canals are 1550 monumental buildings. The 17th-century canal ring area, including the Prinsengracht, Keizersgracht, Herengracht and Jordaan, are put on the UNESCO World Heritage List.\n\nNotable Canals in the Canal Belt\nInward to outward, the canals are as follows:\nSingel\nSingel encircled the medieval city of Amsterdam. It served as a moat around the city from 1480 until 1585, when Amsterdam expanded beyond Singel. The canal runs from the IJ bay, near Central Station, to the Muntplein square, where it meets the Amstel river. It is now the inner-most canal in Amsterdam's semicircular ring of canals. The canal should not be confused with Singelgracht canal, which became the outer limit of the city during the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th Century.\n\nHerengracht\nHerengracht (Patricians' Canal or Lord's Canal) is the first of the three major canals in the city centre of Amsterdam. The canal is named after the heren regeerders who governed the city in the 16th and 17th century. The most fashionable part is called the Golden Bend, with many double wide mansions, inner gardens and coach houses on Keizersgracht.\n\nKeizersgracht\nKeizersgracht is the second and widest of the three major canals in the city centre of Amsterdam, in between Herengracht and Prinsengracht. It is named after Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.\n\nPrinsengracht\nPrinsengracht (Prince's Canal) is the fourth and the longest of the main canals in Amsterdam. It is named after the Prince of Orange. Most of the canal houses along it were built during the Dutch Golden Age of the United Provinces. The bridges over this canal don't connect with the streets in the Jordaan. Notable buildings along Prinsengracht include the Noorderkerk (Northern Church), the Noordermarkt (Northern Market), Anne Frank House, the Westerkerk (Western Church, Amsterdam's tallest church) with the Homomonument (Gay Monument), which actually faces Keizersgracht.\n\nOther Notable Canals\nZwanenburgwal\nZwanenburgwal is a canal and street in the center of Amsterdam. The painter Rembrandt and philosopher Spinoza lived here. In 2006 it was voted one of the most beautiful streets in Amsterdam by readers of Het Parool, a local daily newspaper. It flows from Sint Antoniessluis sluice gate (between the streets Sint Antoniesbreestraat and Jodenbreestraat) to the Amstel river. The canal was originally named Verversgracht (\"dyers' canal\"), after the textile industry that once dominated this part of town. Dyed textiles were hung to dry along the canal.\n\nBrouwersgracht\nBrouwersgracht is a canal in the city centre of Amsterdam and is part of the canal belt connecting the Singel, Herengracht, Keizergracht and Prinsengracht and marks the northern border of the canal belt. The canal served as a site for ships returning from Asia with spices and silks, therefore Brouwersgracht had many warehouses and storage depots for the ships inventories. Breweries were also prevalent in the area due to the access to fresh water shipments. Today the warehouses are now apartments, some of the most expensive in Amsterdam. Houseboats also are seen in the canal. In 2007, Brouwersgracht was voted the most beautiful street in Amsterdam by readers of Het Parool, a local daily newspaper.\n\nBrantasgracht, Lamonggracht, Majanggracht and Seranggracht\nThese four canals are the newest in Amsterdam, constructed on Java Island in 1995, a manmade island in the IJ Harbor, north-east of the City Center. The canals are lined with modern interpretations of classic Amsterdam canal houses, which were designed by 19 young Dutch architects. Each house is 4.5 meters wide and 4 or 5 stories tall, but the designs are totally unique and are often featured in Amsterdam travel guides despite being off the beaten path of most tourists. Nine ornate metal bridges, designed by artist couple Guy Rombouts and Monika Droste, cross the canals for pedestrians and cyclists. \n \n "@en-us . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node08bfab0cae06922f8cdaa9010bd275b _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node1ca07edb20a8ff55e16a2f6fcc288e58 . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node08bfab0cae06922f8cdaa9010bd275b . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node08bfab0cae06922f8cdaa9010bd275b . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node08bfab0cae06922f8cdaa9010bd275b "Canals near Amsterdam"@en-us . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node08bfab0cae06922f8cdaa9010bd275b . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node08bfab0cae06922f8cdaa9010bd275b "Heritage Sites near Amsterdam"@en-us . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node08bfab0cae06922f8cdaa9010bd275b . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node08bfab0cae06922f8cdaa9010bd275b . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node08bfab0cae06922f8cdaa9010bd275b . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node08bfab0cae06922f8cdaa9010bd275b _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node6bb7262c36bb471f17318a5b5299ac7 . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node08bfab0cae06922f8cdaa9010bd275b "\n Canals of Amsterdam\n \n "@en-us . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node08bfab0cae06922f8cdaa9010bd275b _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node1f933986169f428a1431e57a919cc38 . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node1ca07edb20a8ff55e16a2f6fcc288e58 . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node1ca07edb20a8ff55e16a2f6fcc288e58 "Canals of Amsterdam Photos"@en-us . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node1ca07edb20a8ff55e16a2f6fcc288e58 . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node1ca07edb20a8ff55e16a2f6fcc288e58 . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node1f933986169f428a1431e57a919cc38 . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node1f933986169f428a1431e57a919cc38 "52.3482"@en-us . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node1f933986169f428a1431e57a919cc38 "4.8974"@en-us . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node408b8559567d9fdd9fa74c02b2f47d9 . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node408b8559567d9fdd9fa74c02b2f47d9 "\n \n \n Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, has been called the \"Venice of the North\" for its more than one hundred kilometres of canals, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals, Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht, dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city, known as the grachtengordel. Alongside the main canals are 1550 monumental buildings. The 17th-century canal ring area, including the Prinsengracht, Keizersgracht, Herengracht and Jordaan, are put on the UNESCO World Heritage List.\n\nNotable Canals in the Canal Belt\nInward to outward, the canals are as follows:\nSingel\nSingel encircled the medieval city of Amsterdam. It served as a moat around the city from 1480 until 1585, when Amsterdam expanded beyond Singel. The canal runs from the IJ bay, near Central Station, to the Muntplein square, where it meets the Amstel river. It is now the inner-most canal in Amsterdam's semicircular ring of canals. The canal should not be confused with Singelgracht canal, which became the outer limit of the city during the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th Century.\n\nHerengracht\nHerengracht (Patricians' Canal or Lord's Canal) is the first of the three major canals in the city centre of Amsterdam. The canal is named after the heren regeerders who governed the city in the 16th and 17th century. The most fashionable part is called the Golden Bend, with many double wide mansions, inner gardens and coach houses on Keizersgracht.\n\nKeizersgracht\nKeizersgracht is the second and widest of the three major canals in the city centre of Amsterdam, in between Herengracht and Prinsengracht. It is named after Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.\n\nPrinsengracht\nPrinsengracht (Prince's Canal) is the fourth and the longest of the main canals in Amsterdam. It is named after the Prince of Orange. Most of the canal houses along it were built during the Dutch Golden Age of the United Provinces. The bridges over this canal don't connect with the streets in the Jordaan. Notable buildings along Prinsengracht include the Noorderkerk (Northern Church), the Noordermarkt (Northern Market), Anne Frank House, the Westerkerk (Western Church, Amsterdam's tallest church) with the Homomonument (Gay Monument), which actually faces Keizersgracht.\n\nOther Notable Canals\nZwanenburgwal\nZwanenburgwal is a canal and street in the center of Amsterdam. The painter Rembrandt and philosopher Spinoza lived here. In 2006 it was voted one of the most beautiful streets in Amsterdam by readers of Het Parool, a local daily newspaper. It flows from Sint Antoniessluis sluice gate (between the streets Sint Antoniesbreestraat and Jodenbreestraat) to the Amstel river. The canal was originally named Verversgracht (\"dyers' canal\"), after the textile industry that once dominated this part of town. Dyed textiles were hung to dry along the canal.\n\nBrouwersgracht\nBrouwersgracht is a canal in the city centre of Amsterdam and is part of the canal belt connecting the Singel, Herengracht, Keizergracht and Prinsengracht and marks the northern border of the canal belt. The canal served as a site for ships returning from Asia with spices and silks, therefore Brouwersgracht had many warehouses and storage depots for the ships inventories. Breweries were also prevalent in the area due to the access to fresh water shipments. Today the warehouses are now apartments, some of the most expensive in Amsterdam. Houseboats also are seen in the canal. In 2007, Brouwersgracht was voted the most beautiful street in Amsterdam by readers of Het Parool, a local daily newspaper.\n\nBrantasgracht, Lamonggracht, Majanggracht and Seranggracht\nThese four canals are the newest in Amsterdam, constructed on Java Island in 1995, a manmade island in the IJ Harbor, north-east of the City Center. The canals are lined with modern interpretations of classic Amsterdam canal houses, which were designed by 19 young Dutch architects. Each house is 4.5 meters wide and 4 or 5 stories tall, but the designs are totally unique and are often featured in Amsterdam travel guides despite being off the beaten path of most tourists. Nine ornate metal bridges, designed by artist couple Guy Rombouts and Monika Droste, cross the canals for pedestrians and cyclists. \n \n "@en-us . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node408b8559567d9fdd9fa74c02b2f47d9 _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node74394ce38bfe4728831fb1c4affdb8b . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node408b8559567d9fdd9fa74c02b2f47d9 "Canals near Amsterdam"@en-us . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node408b8559567d9fdd9fa74c02b2f47d9 . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node408b8559567d9fdd9fa74c02b2f47d9 . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node408b8559567d9fdd9fa74c02b2f47d9 . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node408b8559567d9fdd9fa74c02b2f47d9 "Heritage Sites near Amsterdam"@en-us . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node408b8559567d9fdd9fa74c02b2f47d9 . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node408b8559567d9fdd9fa74c02b2f47d9 . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node408b8559567d9fdd9fa74c02b2f47d9 . _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node408b8559567d9fdd9fa74c02b2f47d9 _:g8ffd59bfa6a51a4ee7e8node70d235d47e3cb8733df882318c491d3 . 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