The Panama Canal
Jun 03, 2022
3 minutes
EDITED BY SANDRA VISSER
THE Panama Canal is an 82km manmade channel that divides North and South America. It cuts through the Panama Isthmus and connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Along with the Suez Canal in Egypt, it’s one of the most strategically important artificial waterways in the world.
Before this shipping channel was completed, it could take a ship travelling from New York on America’s east coast to San Francisco on the west coast about a month to complete the journey. Ships had to sail all the
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