More information is available on Wikipedia. Today we feature the Suez Canal. The canal is an artificial waterway running north to south across the Isthmus of Suez in north-eastern Egypt; it connects Port Said on the Mediterranean Sea with the Gulf of Suez, an arm of the Red Sea.
The canal provides a shortcut for ships operating between European or American ports and ports located in southern Asia, eastern Africa, and Oceania, by avoiding the need to sail around Africa.
Strategically and economically it is one of the most important waterways in the world. Another aim of these images is to promote the opportunity to download Landsat data through the ESA portals, where images captured every day are made available in near real time to the users and the scientific community. Suez Canal, Egypt. Completed in , the canal enables ships to pass through a series of locks to get from one side to the other and eliminates the need for ships to take the much longer and dangerous route around the tip of South America.
Today more than 14, ships pass the Panama Canal every year. This fishing-village-turned-tourist-hotspot is situated on the coast of the South China Sea in Vietnam. Hoi An has been an international port from the 16th century although the serious shipping business has long since moved to the city of Da Nang.
The heart of the city is still the Old Town, full of winding lanes and Chinese-styled shophouses. Nowadays a boat ride on these famous canals provide a great way to see some of Bruges most beautiful sites. The three main canals, Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht form concentric belts around the city, known as the grachtengordel.
The canal was opened in With its help, ships passing between the east and west coasts of the United States shorten their journey by 15 thousand kilometers. The cost of passage through the canal varies depending on the class and size of the vessel and ranges from eight hundred to half a million dollars.
Recognized as the sea route, which cannot be closed even in the event of global disasters. The uniqueness lies in the absence of gateways, the streams of sea water move freely along the canal. It makes it possible to quickly get from Europe to regions with access to the Indian and Pacific oceans.
The construction of the grandiose structure, which began in the spring of , took a whole decade and required the use of labor of about one and a half million people. Over the years of its existence, the Suez Canal managed to be under the rule of France, England, joint control of the two countries, and in it was nationalized by the Egyptian government. The current length of the Suez Canal is just over kilometers, and the depth on the fairway is Great canal Length: 1, km, with branches - 2, km Width: 40 to m Depth: m The oldest and longest man-made navigable canal in the world, reaching a length of km.
The construction of the canal took about two thousand years. Work began in BC. More than 6 million people are involved. The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal connects the main waterways of the country - the Yangtze and Yellow He rivers, capturing several lakes. It runs along the channels of the Seshui, Weihe, Baihe rivers, in the central part - through the Hangou canal.
Equipped with 21 gateways. The Grand Canal makes a huge contribution to China's economy, transporting 30 million tons of cargo annually. Now it is no longer the most important transport artery of the country, but it has become a very important tourist attraction in China and in it was included in the UNESCO register. People have thought about its construction long ago in the 7th century B. Hungarian architects Tyrr and Gerster worked on the project for 12 years, and 2, people were involved.
A narrow channel, fenced on both sides by impregnable rocks height 76 m , does not shorten, but increases the route by km, but allows ships to avoid treacherous underwater rocks.
Currently, due to the increase in the size of the vessels, the channel is almost not used. Only about 15 thousand ships pass through the Corinth Canal per year, which makes it the most expensive canal in the world in terms of a kilometer of length. Mittelland canal Length: km Width: 55 m Depth: 4 m The longest canal in Germany and the country's most important transport hub. It connects the Rhine with major waterways of the state, including the Elbe, Ems, Weser and Oder rivers. The opening took place in Construction work took more than 50 years, but the canal continues to improve and reconstructe to this day.
This canal is known for its extremely picturesque views on its banks, which attracts many tourists to these places, as well as for bridges and unusual structures for crossing ships. The canal passes through the reservoirs: Varvarovka, Bereslavka, Karpovka. It has 13 locks: 9 for ascent on the slope of the Volga River, 4 for descent to the Don River. The construction of the canal began in the 16th century, but all attempts ended in failure.
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