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Suez Canal
Egypt refused to allow Israeli ships to pass through the Suez Canal.
built for ships to pass through
The purpose of a canal is to provide a waterway for ships to pass through. A canal that went under
The Suez Canal is a man-made canal the allowed ships to pass from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. It passes through Egypt.
The locks
== == Each year over 14,000 vessels pass through the Panama Canal.
The Panama Canal allows ships to pass through south America to Central America or vice versa.
It traveled from north to south or from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic Ocean and The Pacific Ocean. Before the canal opened, ships had to travel almost 3,000 miles to get around South America. When the canal opened in August 1914, the ships had a shorter route around the continent. They had to pass through two lock gates. The Gatun, and the Miraflore locks. The canal was successfully opened in 1914, with the first ship, the U.S.S Missouri, to be the first to pass through.
Ships pass through the Panama Canal at all hours all year long.