what kind of Canal is the Panama Canal? Is it a sea level canal or lock canal?
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that's right, it has locks to transport ships over a mountain range, that's why it was so hard to build
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Madam, I'm Adam\n\nor...\n\nA man, a plan, a canal - Panama?
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Dams close up a river so the water stays in one place and forms an artificial lake. Canals are water passageways that boats carrying cargo can use to move around.
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Yep.  If you put a 1000 ton boat in the ocean, the level rises just as if you put 1000 tons of salt water in the ocean.  Don't try to measure it though.
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The modern Suez Canal\n\nMore than a thousand years elapsed before the next attempt was made to dig a canal. At the end of the 18th century, Napoleon Bonaparte, while in Egypt, contemplated the construction of a canal to join the Mediterranean and Red Seas. His project was abandoned, however, after a French survey erroneously concluded that the waters of the Red Sea were higher than those of the Mediterranean, making a lockless canal impossible.\n\nIn 1854 and 1856 Ferdinand de Lesseps obtained concessions from Said Pasha, the viceroy of Egypt, whom de Lesseps had, as a French diplomat, come to know in the 1830s. Said Pasha authorized the creation of a company for the purpose of constructing a maritime canal open to ships of all nations according to plans created by Austrian engineer Alois Negrelli. By way of a lease of the relevant land, the company was to operate the canal for 99 years from its opening to navigation. The Suez Canal Company (Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez) came into being on December 15, 1858.
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The Burmuda triangle is an area of the atlantic ocean that stretches from the eastern lower United States seaboard to the northwestern tip of South america and almost to Africa. Its all a bunch of BS! This particular area of the atlantic ocean is the largest trade route in the world! What do you think will happen here? Its like comparing the DanRyan expressway in Chicago to your average country road. Where will most accidents likely occur?
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a causeway is a road or railway elevated by a bank, usually across a broad body of water or wetland.\n\nA bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle.
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G'day LaLa 4rm SoCal,\n\nThank you for your question.\n\nThe Suez Canal is in Egypt and connects the Red and Mediterrean Seas. It is near Israel and has been closed during Middle East Wars. It was built in the 19th century and allowed ships from Asia and Oceania to travel to Europe without circumnavigating Africa. The canal is between Port Said on the Mediterrean and Suez on the Red Sea.\n\nI have attached sources for your reference.\n\nRegards\n\nRegards
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The canal is more efficient, and actually makes monet now.\n\nThe economy has also grown, although there is much debate as to whether or not the loss of US bases has reduced this growth somewhat.
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Panama is definitely considered a Central American nation.  Anything below Panama is considered South America.  The country of Panama was once owned by its' South American neighbor of Colombia until the United States helped this territory break away from Colombia for economic reasons that benefited both the US and Panamanians (so we could build the Panama Canal)in the early 1900's.  As for both Turkey and Russia, both these countries are considered (East) European nations but, in fact, do span both continents Europe and Asia.
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Bill Clinton essentially had nothing to do with the Panama Canal. In 1977, Jimmy Carter signed a treaty with Panama creating a timeline of handover, which was completed on January 31, 1999, while Clinton was in office. The treaty handing over the canal was signed and ratified well before Clinton even entered office, so there was nothing he could do to affect it, other than break the treaty. China was also completely uninvolved.\n\nAs for whether or not it has harmed the US, it's hard to say. Our transport ships have to pay to pass through the canal, but we gained a significant amount of international respect for pulling out of the country and it lowered the number of places our military had to keep a watch on.
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If this is a serious question, you can contact either of these people in Panama or N.Y.\n1) Alfonso Castillero acastillero@amp.gob.pa\nDeputy Director of Merchant Marine\nTelephone: (507) 270-0511\nFax: (507) 270-0230\nCel. Phone: (507) 675-0381\nEdificio Guadalupe Calle 50\nPanama, Rep. Of Panama\n\n2) Reynaldo Garibaldi rgaribaldi@segumar.com\nTechnical Officer\nPort State Control Detention Contact\nPhone 212 869 6440\nFax. 212 575 2285\nCell ph. 646 326 9072\nNew York International Office (Segumar)\n6 West 48th Street, 11 floor, New York NY, 10036\n\nThere are also databases with the info you need, such as Clarksons Research Institute or Fairplay (Informa)
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Try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama . All the best!
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the english coast line is completely different from brazil's... for starters we have water on all four sides brazil is land locked on 3 sides .....  this is why the uk is a island a better comparison would be australia or iceland in my opinion
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it's not navigatable, it's navigable.\n\n   1. Sufficiently deep or wide to provide passage for vessels: navigable waters; a navigable river.\n   2. That can be steered. Used of boats, ships, or aircraft.\n\nadj : able to be sailed on or through safely; "navigable waters"; "a navigable channel"
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click here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isla_de_Pascua