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Canals of the World
Suez Canal
- Location: Connects the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea.
- Port Cities: Runs between Port Said (north) and Suez (south).
- Lakes (North to South): Lake Manzala → Lake Timsah → Great Bitter Lake → Little Bitter Lake.
- Status: The largest navigation canal in the world.
- Significance for India: Reduced the maritime distance between India and Europe by approximately 7,000 km.
- Routing Note: A ship traveling from Bombay (Mumbai) to Benghazi (Libya) would not need to pass through the entire Suez Canal.
Panama Canal
- Location: Connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
- Operation: Uses a lock system.
- Potential Rival: Nicaragua has planned to construct a rival canal linking the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Kiel Canal
- Location: Connects the North Sea (at the Elbe estuary) with the Baltic Sea.
Other Canals
- Soo Canal (Sault Ste. Marie): Connects Lake Superior and Lake Huron.
- Ludwigs Canal (Ludwigskanal): Serves as an inland waterway in Southern Germany.
Important Dams of the World
Itaipu Dam
- River: Paraná River.
- Countries: A joint project between Brazil and Paraguay.
- Status: One of the largest dams in the world.
Aswan High Dam
- River: Nile River.
- Country: Egypt.
Kariba Dam
- River: Zambezi River.
- Country: Located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Hoover Dam
- River: Colorado River.
- Country: United States.
- Note: It is not built on the Tennessee River.
Other Dams
- Panchet Dam: Damodar River (India).
- Grand Coulee Dam: Columbia River (USA).
- Nurek Dam: Vakhsh River (Tajikistan).
- Cahora Bassa Dam: Zambezi River (Mozambique).
- Zangmu Dam: China started its construction on the Brahmaputra River in November 2010.
Bridges
- The world’s longest sea bridge was built over Jiaozhou Bay, China.
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