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To get from New York to Portland, Oregon by water you could go south and then west through the Straits of Magellan. Alternatively, you could go east around the globe until you reached Portland.

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The Panama canal located in the Central American country of Panama what two bodies of water does it connect and without a canal where would a ship from New York have to travel to reach Portland Oregon?

The Panama canal connect the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. If there was no canal a ship would have to travel all the way around the southern tip of South America.


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Which canal provides a short cut from New York City to San Francisco?

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Around the southern tip of south america! Adding thousands of miles and days or even weeks to the journey.


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If a boat traveled from new york to san fransisco which direction would you travel on the panama canal?

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