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1. Write four facts of Panama Canal.

Answer» <html><body><p></p>Solution : Panama canal has <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/shortened-3026911" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SHORTENED">SHORTENED</a> the distance between eastern and western coasts of North America. This canal connects the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. Its economic significance are: <br/> (i) The canal is about 72 km. long and involves a very deep cutting for a length of 12 km. <br/> (ii) It has a six lock system and ships cross the different <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/levels-1072811" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LEVELS">LEVELS</a> (26 m up and down) through these locks before entering the Gulf of Panama. <br/> (<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/iii-497983" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about III">III</a>) It shortens the distance between New York and San Francisco by 13,000 km by sea.<br/>(iv) Likewise the distance between Western Europe and the West-coast of U.S.A., and North-eastern and Central U.S.A. and East and South-east Asia is shortened.<br/> (v) The economic significance of this Canal is relatively less than that of the Suez. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/however-1032379" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HOWEVER">HOWEVER</a>, it is vital to the economies of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/latin-539973" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LATIN">LATIN</a> America.</body></html>


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