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Major Canals of the World |
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Name |
Location |
Length (mi) |
Depth (ft) |
Width (ft) |
No. of Locks |
Year Opened |
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Albert |
Belgium |
80.6 |
16.5 |
80.5 |
6 |
1939 |
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Alentejo |
Portugal |
5592 |
- |
- |
- |
1959 |
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Amsterdam-North Sea |
The Netherlands |
15.6 |
49.2 |
492-885 |
3 |
1876 |
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Amsterdam-Rhine |
The Netherlands |
45 |
13.8 |
170 |
4 |
1952 |
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Baltic-White Sea |
Russia |
141 |
- |
- |
19 |
1933 |
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Beaumont-Port Arthur(Sabine-Neches) |
Texas |
40 |
34 |
200 |
0 |
1916 |
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Bhakra |
India |
2790 |
- |
- |
- |
NA |
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Brugge-Zeebrugge |
Belgium |
7.5 |
26 |
72 |
2 |
1907 |
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Brussels-Rupel (Willebroek) |
Belgium |
20 |
21 |
66 |
4 |
1922 |
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Calumet-Sag Channel |
Illinois |
16.2 |
9 |
60 |
1 |
1922 |
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Cape Cod |
Massachusetts |
17.5* |
32 |
540 |
0 |
1914 |
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Chesapeake and Delaware |
Delaware-Maryland |
14 |
27 |
250 |
0 |
1829 |
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Chicago Sanitary and Ship |
Illinois |
30 |
22 |
160 |
1 |
1900 |
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Corinth |
Greece |
4 |
26 |
72 |
0 |
1893 |
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Damodar Valley |
India |
1550 |
- |
- |
- |
1958 |
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Erie# |
New York |
339 |
12-14 |
45 |
35 |
1825 |
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Ganges-Kobadak |
Bangladesh |
1898 |
- |
- |
- |
NA |
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Ghent-Terneuzen |
Belgium |
21.5 |
28.5 |
166 |
5 |
1927 |
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Gota |
Sweden |
347 |
10 |
47 |
58 |
1822 |
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Grand |
China |
1085 |
- |
- |
- |
4th c. BC |
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Houston Ship |
Texas |
50 |
36 |
300-400 |
0 |
1914 |
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Inner Harbour Navigation (Industrial) |
New Orleans, La. |
5.5 |
12 |
150 |
1 |
1923 |
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Jonglei |
Egypt-Sudan |
250 |
23 |
152 |
- |
1985 |
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Juliana |
The Netherlands |
21 |
11.8 |
52.5 |
4 |
1935 |
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Kara-Kum |
Turkmenistan |
870 |
- |
- |
- |
1981 |
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Kiel |
Germany |
61 |
37 |
144 |
4 |
1895 |
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Lake Washington Ship |
Washington |
8 |
30-34 |
100-300 |
2 |
1916 |
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Lindo |
Sweden |
2 |
32 |
147 |
0 |
1963 |
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Main-Danube (Europa) |
Germany |
106 |
- |
- |
- |
1992 |
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Manchester Ship |
England |
35.5 |
28 |
120 |
10 |
1894 |
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Mississippi-Gulf Outlet |
Louisiana |
76 |
36 |
250 |
0 |
1963 |
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Mittelland |
Germany |
199 |
- |
- |
- |
1938 |
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Moscow (Moscow-Volga) |
Russia |
80 |
18-20 |
100 |
11 |
1937 |
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Moselle |
France-Luxembourg-Germany |
170 |
21-23 |
- |
14 |
1964 |
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Panama |
Canal Area |
50.7 |
42 |
300 |
12 |
1914 |
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Rhone-Marseilles |
France |
50 |
6.6 |
52 |
0 |
1929 |
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Rhone-Rhine |
France |
201 |
6.6 |
17.2 |
158 |
1833 |
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Rideau-Ottawa |
Canada |
125 |
- |
- |
47 |
1832 |
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Saimaa |
Finland-Russia |
27 |
14 |
- |
8 |
1968 |
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St. Lawrence Seaway |
Canada-New York |
182% |
27 |
80 |
15 |
1959 |
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Laprairie Basin |
Canada |
18 |
27 |
80 |
2 |
NA |
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Beauharnois |
Canada |
16 |
27 |
80 |
2 |
NA |
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Wiley-Dondero |
New York |
10 |
27 |
80 |
2 |
NA |
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Iroquois |
Canada |
1.5 |
27 |
80 |
1 |
NA |
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San Jeronimo |
Argentina |
4.5 |
12 |
165 |
0 |
1968 |
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Sault Ste. Marie |
Canada |
1.4 |
18.3 |
60 |
1 |
1895 |
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Sault Ste. Marie |
Michigan |
1.8 |
17-32 |
80-110 |
4 |
1855 |
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Suez |
Egypt |
101 |
41 |
197 |
0 |
1869 |
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Volga-Baltic |
Russia |
229 |
- |
- |
7 |
1964 |
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Volga-Don |
Russia |
63 |
- |
- |
9 |
1952 |
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Vyshniy Volochek |
Russia |
873 |
- |
- |
- |
1709 |
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Welland Ship |
Canada |
27.6 |
27 |
80 |
8 |
1932 |
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* Including channel approaches. |
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# Main section of the New York State Barge Canal. |
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% Deep-draft (27-ft) ship channel includes section from Montreal to Lake Ontario and the Welland Ship Canal. |
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