Canals

They are some canals that are different then the other ones in the world

It was built in the narrowest part of the isthmus. The existence of Gatun Lake was also a factor and eliminated a lot of digging. It was both shorter across and relatively low, requiring fewer locks to be built.

It depends, they can connect to mountains.

The shortest canal or river in the world is the Lagan canal or the river Lagan.

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The land was mostly lakes and swamps already. It was just a matter of turning all the lakes, swamps and clearing the jungle/mountains from sea to sea to form a usable canal.

The Panama Canal is an example of imperialism. Theodore Roosevelt gave 20 million dollars to rebels in Panama to separate from Colombia. Colombia had refused to allow the US to make a canal. The US has invaded Panama when we did not like Manuel Noriega. Basically the US has treated Panama as a child that the US can discipline at will.

Theodore Roosevelt was the president who was most responsible for the building of the Panama Canal. He engineered a revolution in Panama which made it possible for the US take over the canal from the French who had begun the project. Work continued throughout Taft's term and it finally opened for business in 1914 when Woodrow Wilson was President.

suez canal connects the mediterranean sea with the red sea which supports Asian and European countries in sea trade it is a short cut to south Asian countries in their sea trade which enables them to have easy acess to Europe and vice versa

Type your answer here... It shortened the travel time by ship between the two coasts

The Suez Canal is very important. It reduces shipping times between Asia and Europe and the east coast of the Americas.

Birmingham's and The Midlands Canal System is so big that it is often hard to know where they begin.Some of them link to other cities and Canal Systems around the UK (mainly England) and overs link to either the sea, a river or an estuary.

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There are locks at each end of the Panama Canal that raise ships some 85 feet above sea level. The options to construct the canal were to either dig the canal down to sea level for the entire length or use locks to allow the canal height to be more in line with the natural terrain through which it passes.

Although the locks are technically more complex than simply cutting a channel, they reduced the work required dramatically and caused less damage to the surrounding land.

A lame answer would be 80 but a good answer is : "People say 77km, 80km, or 82km. It could be between 78km and 83km. To tell you The panama canal is actually under construction. It will double in size.

The first serious attempt to build a canal to join the Atantic and Pacific Oceans was made by France. They gave up in 1893 and, starting in 1904, the U.S. began the completion, which took ten years. The land that made up the Canal Zone was purchase by the U.S. from Colombia for $25 million.

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The canal is 192 km long.

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It is estimated that around 27 500 workers died in the construction of the Panama Canal. The Bubonic plague accounted for some of them, but malaria and yellow fever were far more prevalent, and killed considerably more workers.

According the Panama Canal Authorities, it takes 8 - 10 hours to cross.

The canal was returned to Egypt after the United States disapproved of the action. For the following ten years, the canal was operated by Egypt who paid an amount to the Suez Canal Company for its use. In 1967, another war with Israel arose and the canal was made impassable with scuttled ships.

it is arable land. Arable land is mostly open space and recreational land. it is used for farming.

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