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On inland waterways, barges handle bulky and nonperishable items such as coal, grain, and cement at relatively low prices. Barges are slow, but they can move large quantities of goods.
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What kind of transport is used on the canals?
Barges are used on Canals
Why are barges used?
Barges can transport a large amount and variety of materials. Motorless, they cost less when standing idle or waiting to be loaded.
How do people transport around the volga river?
On Barges
What are some of the purposes of barges?
The use of the barges are transportation of sea cargo. The people who have ships & the equipment they use on the ship they do transport with use of the barge they get & use.
Barges were used to carry what down the nile river?
barges were used to carry what down the nile river
How is the river Mississippi used by people?
The Mississippi River is used by people in barges. Barges carry 60% of the countries goods. By Danielle In Year 9 (Grade 8)
What has the author Barges Hmound Al-Barges written?
Barges Hmound Al-Barges has written: 'The treachery'
What form of transport had a network system of over 200 miles by 1830 but become uneconomic with the arrival of the railways?
I am thinking that it maybe the network in Europe for barges. Only thing is it was about 2000 miles in length. The barges were fine until rail came along and killed it quickly.
What is used for travel on water beginning with b?
Boats, battleships and barges are used to travel on water.
What was used to transport stones from lower Egypt to upper Egypt?
The Nile River was used as a transport system. Stones would be placed on large barges that could displaces enough water to float even with the heavy stones. Then they would simply flow with the river current from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt or paddle against the current to go from Lower Egypt to Upper Egypt.
What do Canadian garbage barges look like?
We do not have garbage barges in Canada, as were used shamelessly by New York City to dump wastes into the Atlantic Ocean. In Canada we use landfills shamelessly.
How old is the Rhine?
The Rhine is one of Europe's great rivers and has been there for thousands of years. Today it is a vital transport waterway, carrying thousands of barges and ships every day.
