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The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is an artificial 82-kilometer (51-mile) waterway in Panama that connects the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. It cuts across the narrowest point of the Isthmus of Panama , and is a conduit for maritime trade between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
A New Panamax ship passes through the Panama Canal's Agua Clara lock in 2019. The Atlantic Bridge is seen in the background.. The Panama Canal expansion project (Spanish: ampliación del Canal de Panamá), also called the Third Set of Locks Project, doubled the capacity of the Panama Canal by adding a new traffic lane, enabling more ships to transit the waterway, and increasing the width and ...
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The Panamanian government has been taking steps to address the issue since 2007 when expansion efforts began, working on a new lake to help supply canal water as well as Panama’s drinking water ...
Latin American leaders on Monday rallied to Panama's defense after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reimpose U.S. control over the Panama Canal, a key global shipping route located ...
A proposed routing of the canal, c. 1870, which followed the southern route Various Nicaragua canal proposals. Panama Canal is also shown. Attempts to build a canal across Nicaragua to connect the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean stretch back to the early colonial era.
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Canal Place Location Map Status Oceans ... Panama Canal: Isthmus of Panama ... Honduras Canal: Central America Proposed