OCEANS AND COUNTRIES
INDIAN TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATION NATIONAL PARKS AND SANCTUARIES
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St. Lawrence
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Suez
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Rhine
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Danube
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Suez Canal is a human-made waterway that cuts north-south across the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt. The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, making it the shortest maritime route to Asia from Europe. Since its completion in 1869, it has become one of the world’s most heavily used shipping lanes.
Detailed explanation-2: -The largest and the busiest inland waterways in the world is The Great Lakes and the rivers St. Lawrence in U.S.A. The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system, the other half of the midcontinental inland waterway, is connected to the Mississippi–Ohio via Chicago by canals and the Illinois River.
Detailed explanation-3: -Backgrounder: Yangtze River, China’s longest, world’s busiest waterway.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Dover Strait is the world’s busiest shipping lane. 500-600 ships a day pass through the narrow strait between the UK and France.
Detailed explanation-5: -The English Channel. Strait of Malacca. Panama Canal. Suez Canal. The South and East China Seas. Strait of Hormuz. Strait of Gibraltar. The Danish Straits. More items