Water ways

A waterway is any navigable body of waterr.

stricter sense, waterways are those bodies of
water that are wide and deep enough for
passage by freight-carrying vessels.
Classification
• The two types of waterways are
Inland Waterways and Sea
Routes. Sea routes exist in the
form of seas and oceans.
Inland water
ways
• Inland waterways exist in the
form of rivers, canals and lakes
within a country.
Canals

• A canal is a human-made
waterway that allows boats and
ships to pass from one body of
water to another.
What are the important routes
along major world trade lanes?
• Panama Canal.
• Suez Canal.
• The South and East China Seas.
• Strait of Hormuz.
• Strait of Gibraltar.
• The Danish Straits.
• St. Lawrence Seaway.
• Bosphorus Strait.
Panama Canal
• The Panama Canal is an artificial
82 km (51 mi) waterway
in Panama that connects the Atlantic
Ocean with the Pacific Ocean and
divides North and South America. One
of the largest and most difficult
engineering projects ever undertaken,
the Panama Canal shortcut greatly
reduces the time for ships to travel
between the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans.
 How does it
work
• The Panama Canal works by moving
ships from one ocean to another
through inland waterways. But
because those waterways lead down
to sea level, six lock chambers (three
on the Pacific side and three on the
Atlantic side) each work as elevators.
Gatun Lake holds the massive
amounts of water needed to operate
this system that raises and lowers
ships from sea level up to the level of
this reservoir and then back down
again. reduced ship travel time from
the Atlantic to the Pacific by about 5
months and travel distance by some
8,000 miles. Minimum price to pass
Panama canal is 15000 USD .