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Ship Canal

Definition: Ship Canal

Ship Canal

Noun

1. A canal large enough for sea-going vessels.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Specialty Definition: Ship canal

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A ship canal is a canal especially constructed to carry ocean-going ships, as opposed to barges. Ship canals can be enlarged barge canals, canalised or channelized riverss, or canals especially constructed from the start to accommodate ships.
For a canal to qualify as a ship canal, it must have a minimum depth of at least 5 metres (16.4 feet), although many are much deeper. The purpose of a ship canal is:
To create a shortcut and avoid lengthy detours.
To create a navigable shipping link between two land-locked seas or lakes.
To provide inland cities with a direct shipping link to the sea.

List of important ship canals:

Baltic to White Sea Canal (formerly Stalin Canal) in Russia, 141 miles (227 km) long, opened in 1933, is partly a canalised river, partly an artificial canal, and partly some natural lakes.
Suez Canal in Egypt, 100 miles (160 km) long, opened in 1869, links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
V. I. Lenin Volga-Don Canal in Russia, 62 miles (100 km) long, opened in 1952, connects the Black, Azov, and Caspian Seas.
Kiel Canal in Germany, 60 miles (98 km) long, opened in 1895. Shortens the passage between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
Houston Ship Canal in the USA, 56 miles (91 km) long, connects Houston, Texas to the Gulf of Mexico.
Alphonse XIII Canal in Spain, 53 miles (85 km) long, opened in1926, mostly canalised river. Links Seville to the Gulf of Cadiz.
Panama Canal in Panama, 51 miles (82 km) long, opened in 1914. Links the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean, creating a shortcut.
Manchester Ship Canal in England, 35 miles (57 km) long, opened in 1894. Links Manchester to Irish Sea.
Welland Canal in Canada, 28 miles (45 km) long, opened in 1931. Links Lake Erie to Lake Ontario.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ship canal."

Synonym: Ship Canal

Synonym: shipway (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Ship Canal

English words defined with "ship canal": Panama Canal ♦ Suez Canal. (references)

Image Slideshow: Ship Canal

Photo Album: Ship Canal

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Cape Cod Ship Canal, Massachusetts. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Wreck of the Jno. N. Glidden, St. Clair ship canal. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Ship canal looking in, Duluth, Minn. Credit: Library of Congress.		Wreck of of Jno. N. Glidden, St. Clair ship canal. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Up bound boats entering St. Clair ship canal. Credit: Library of Congress.		W.B. Morley being towed into St. Clair ship canal. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Ste. Claire [sic] ship canal from club, Ste. Claire [sic] Flats, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress.		A Tow entering St. Clair Ship Canal. Credit: Library of Congress.
	U.S. ship canal entrance, Duluth, Minn. Credit: Library of Congress.		St. Clair ship canal from club, St. Clair Flats, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Modern Translation: Ship Canal

Language		Translations for "ship canal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		søfartskanal (canal, channel, inter-oceanic canal, maritime canal, sealevel canal, shipcanal). (various references)

Dutch		zeekanaal (canal, channel, inter-oceanic canal, maritime canal, sealevel canal, shipcanal), kanaal voor zeeschepen (canal, channel, inter-oceanic canal, maritime canal, sealevel canal, shipcanal). (various references)

French		canal maritime (shipcanal), canal interocéanique (shipcanal). (various references)

German		seekanal (canal, channel, inter-oceanic canal, maritime canal, sealevel canal, shipcanal). (various references)

Greek		θαλάσσια διώρυγα (canal, channel, inter-oceanic canal, maritime canal, sealevel canal, shipcanal). (various references)

Italian		canale maritimo (canal, channel, inter-oceanic canal, maritime canal, sealevel canal, shipcanal). (various references)

Pig Latin		ipshay analcay.(various references)

Spanish		canal navegable (Shipway), canal marítimo (seaway). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Ship Canal

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: chaplains.
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-h-i-l-n-p-s"
	-1 letter: calipash, chaplain, pashalic.
	-2 letters: aphasic, apicals, caliphs, caplins, inclasp, paschal, planish, salpian, spacial, spinach.
	-3 letters: alphas, apical, ashcan, calash, caliph, canals, capias, caplin, chains, chinas, laichs, lanais, lapins, lianas, linacs, nachas, nasial, pachas, painch, paisan, palais, palish, panics, pascal, phasic, phials, plains, planch, salina, spinal.
	-4 letters: alans, alias, alpha, anils, anlas, aphis, apian, apish.
	-5 letters: aahs.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-h-i-l-n-p-s"
	+2 letters: plainchants.
	+3 letters: cardinalship, chaplaincies.
	+4 letters: alphanumerics, analphabetics, anencephalies, cardinalships, pantheistical.
	+5 letters: achondroplasia, cephalizations, psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow

5. Images: Photo Album
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography

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