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Dear student,
The canals that you can see in their waterways are-
The canals that you can see in their waterways are-
- Nahrawān, 400 feet wide and 200 miles long, the moste spectacular canal built to provide a year-round navigation channel from near Sāmarrāʾ to Al-Kūt, using water provided by damming the unevenly flowing Tigris.
- Ling Canal in Kuangsi, 90 miles long from the Han capital; Changan (Sian) to the Huang He (Yellow River); and the Pien Canal in Honan, China
- the most spectacular was the Grand Canal, the first 600-mile section of which was opened to navigation in 610. This waterway enabled grain to be transported from the lower Yangtze and the Huai to Kaifeng and Luoyang.
- Canals and inland waterways, natural or artificial waterways used for navigation, crop irrigation, water supply, or drainage.
- Many inland waterways are multipurpose, providing drainage, irrigation, water supply, and generation of hydroelectric power as well as navigation