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Panama Canal Turns 100

Panama Canal turns 100 years old in 2014. The Panama Canal is a 48-mile (77.1 km) ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean (via the Caribbean Sea) to the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of …

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That’s Tight. Corinth Canal

The Corinth Canal is a canal that connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It saves the 700-kilometre (430 mi) journey around the Peloponnese, it is too narrow for modern ocean freighters as it …

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