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==Types of canals== There are two broad types of canal: * [[Waterway]]s: canals and navigations used for carrying vessels transporting goods and people. These can be subdivided into two kinds: :* Those connecting existing [[lake]]s, [[river]]s, other canals or seas and [[ocean]]s. :* Those connected in a city network: such as the ''[[Grand Canal (Venice)|Canal Grande]]'' and others of [[Venice]]; the ''[[gracht]]en'' of [[Amsterdam]] or [[Utrecht]], and the waterways of [[Bangkok]]. * [[aqueduct (watercourse)|Aqueducts]]: [[water supply]] canals that are used for the conveyance and delivery of [[potable]] water, [[municipal]] uses, hydro [[power canal]]s and [[agriculture]] [[irrigation]]. [[File:Chutes Loading the Canal Boats on the Lehigh Canal.jpg|thumb|Loading [[Anthracite]] on the [[Lehigh Canal]] to feed the early United States industries in the pioneer-era]] [[File:River Levee Cross Section Figure.svg|thumb| 1. Design High Water Level (HWL) 2. Low water channel 3. Flood channel 4. Riverside slope 5. Riverside banquette 6. Levee crown 7. Landside slope 8. Landside banquette 9. Berm 10. Low water revetment 11. Riverside land 12. Levee 13. Protected lowland 14. River zone]] [[File:MurtfaltalrDanubeChannel.JPG|thumb|The [[Danube-Black Sea Canal]] in [[Romania]]]] [[File:AmsterdamRijnkanaal.air.jpg|thumb|The [[Amsterdam-Rhine Canal]] near [[Rijswijk]], Netherlands]]
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