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Erie Canal | Definition, Map, Location, Construction, History, Facts Taking advantage of the Mohawk River gap in the Appalachian Mountains, the Erie Canal, 363 miles (584 km) long, was the first canal in the United States to connect western waterways with the Atlantic Ocean Construction began in 1817 and was completed in 1825
What is a canal? - NOAAs National Ocean Service A canal is a human-made waterway that allows boats and ships to pass from one body of water to another Canals are also used to transport water for irrigation and other human uses
Canal - Wikipedia A canal can be called a navigation canal when it parallels a natural river and shares part of the latter's discharges and drainage basin, and leverages its resources by building dams and locks to increase and lengthen its stretches of slack water levels while staying in its valley
Panama Canal | Definition, History, Treaty, Map, Locks, Facts Panama Canal, the lock-type canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the narrow Isthmus of Panama The length of the Panama Canal from shoreline to shoreline is about 40 miles (65 km) It was completed in 1914 and is one of the two most strategic artificial waterways in the world
Canal Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary CANAL meaning: 1 : a long narrow place that is filled with water and was created by people so that boats could pass through it or to supply fields, crops, etc , with water; 2 : a tube or passageway in the body
canal - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help Canals are waterways that are built by people and used for shipping, travel, and irrigation Canals have been an important way to move goods and carry people for more than 5,000 years Some canals make it possible for boats to travel inland from oceans and lakes
Structures description - The American Canal Society A navigation canal consists of several elements, each of which exists in considerable variety The most common element is the canal itself, often referred to as the “prism” The cross-section of this prism is usually trapezoidal in shape The dimensions of the prism vary from canal to canal