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What is the world's longest canal?
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#46691. Asked by vpham.
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MaggieG 5
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According to the Guinness Book of Records 2004 it is the Belomorsko-Baltiysky Kanal, also known as the White Sea-Baltic Canal, from Belomorsk to Povenets, Russia. It is 227km (141 miles) long, has 19 locks and was built using forced labour between 1930 and 1933.
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China's Grand Canal is about 1000 miles long.
The 1,794-km-long Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the oldest and longest man-made waterway in the world. It stands together with the Great Wall as a magnificent and wondrous attainment of ancient China, linking the north and south by the waterway.
http://www.chinapage.com/river/canal/grand-canal-2.html
The Grand Canal of China is the world's oldest and longest canal, far surpassing the next two grand canals of the world: Suez and Panama Canal.
The building of the canal began in 486 B.C. during the Wu Dynasty. It was extended during the Qi Dynasty, and later by Emperor Yangdi of Sui Dynasty during six years of furious construction from 605-610 AD
The canal is 1,795 Km (1,114 miles) long with 24 locks and some 60 bridges.
http://www.chinapage.com/canal.html
[Edited to add supporting references - McG]
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