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Is the panama canal a man made lake?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

No. It is man made but it is much more sophisticated then a simple lake. the height of water on either side of the canal is different so the canal has many different points at which it artifically changes the height of the water that ships sail on. If you are interested about how it does this you should visit

http://www.pancanal.com/eng/history/

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