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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
List of canals in the United States - Wikipedia These are man made canals in each state that have been given a name and may consist of a narrow irrigation or drainage ditch to a large ship, municipal water and or irrigation canal
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 The Gowanus Canal was built in the mid-1800s and once served as a major commercial route to New York Harbor
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
Structures description - The American Canal Society More recently, dams are built with concrete, or concrete with steel gates Feeders: Feeders are used to bring water from a reservoir or river pool to the canal Often, the feeders are made navigable and serve as a branch to the main canal Bridges: Canals are a water barrier running through the countryside and dividing the land on each side