The oldest and longest artificial canal in the world, several
times the size of the Suez Canal
The Grand Canal of China "Beijing Canal"
Perhaps if you ask what is the tallest building in China, you will find the answer, without hesitation, that it is the Great Wall of China, but in fact China has a group of the tallest and of the greatest buildings in the world, and none of them is less important than the other, starting with the Great Wall of China, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World and passing through the largest hydraulic dam in the world The dam that slows down the rotational movement of the earth The Yangtze dam is of course one of the most important construction and engineering projects in history and last but not least the list is very long, the Grand Canal of Beijing or the Grand Canal of China.
The Grand Canal of China is not only the oldest and longest man-made canal in the world, but despite the passage of more than 1,300 years since the construction of the Grand Canal, the canal still fully fulfills its role.
The Grand Canal of China:
The longest shipping channel in the world
Work began to dig the oldest and longest canal in the world, the Beijing Canal, from the beginning of the 6th century BC, and work continued on the longest canal in the world for many centuries until until the entire canal was completed in the 7th century AD. under the Sui dynasty.
The canal begins in the capital Beijing and ends in Zhejiang, the capital of Hangzhou province. The Grand Canal connects five major rivers, the Haihe River, the Yellow River, the Huaihe River, the Yangtze River and the Qiantang River.
The route of the Grand Canal of China
The length of the canal is 1,770 km, with the highest altitude being in the mountains of Shandong province, where it reaches 42 km in height.
At its 38th session, the World Heritage Committee of the Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inscribed the Grand Canal of China on the World Cultural Heritage List in Doha on June 22, 2014.
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