Jan 1, 2025 · Canals and inland waterways, natural or artificial waterways used for navigation, crop irrigation, water supply, or drainage. For many types of commodities, particularly such …

Jan 1, 2025 · In modern canalizations, such as the Rhône and the Rhine, hydroelectric power generation has introduced deep locks with longer artificial approach channels, which require …

canal, Artificial waterway built for transportation, irrigation, water supply, or drainage. The early Middle Eastern civilizations probably first built canals to supply drinking and irrigation water. …

Jan 11, 2025 · Erie Canal, historic waterway of the United States, connecting the Great Lakes with New York City via the Hudson River at Albany. Taking advantage of the Mohawk River …

The natural and artificial channels that connect natural bodies of water are called canals. A canal may be dug to drain low areas, to float away sewage, to bring water to dry farmlands, or to …

Jan 23, 2025 · The Panama Canal is the lock-type canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the narrow Isthmus of Panama. The length of the Panama Canal from …

These showed many craters and other features but nothing resembling networks of long linear channels, either natural or artificial. More From Britannica valley: The channels of Mars

Gatun Lake, long artificial lake in Panama, constituting part of the Panama Canal system; its area is 166 square miles (430 square km). It was formed by damming the Chagres River and its …

The Erie Canal is an artificial, or human-made, waterway in New York. It helps connect the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean . The canal runs 363 miles (584 kilometers) between Buffalo, …

The fame of the Panama Canal is not in its size, for it is only about 51 miles (82 kilometers) long. Rather, the canal is an engineering triumph over nature. It has also been a major influence on …