canal network
Interlocking water routes
A canal network is a system of interconnected artificial waterways, typically built for transportation, irrigation, or drainage.
The term applies both to historic commercial routes like those of 18th-century England and to urban systems like Amsterdam's or Venice's.
The canal network transformed the region's economy.
- lockMechanism requiring a key
- channelPassage for transmission
- towpathCanal-side walking route
- cargo transportMoving goods by vehicle
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
navigation · aqueduct · narrowboat · pumping station · industrial revolution · drainage · stagnant water · sluice gate · inland waterways · Venice canals · pound lock · river basin · ancient civilizations · engineering marvels · arid region · embankment · levee · fish farming
- Northern FranceNord, Picardy, Pas-de-Calais, Somme, Flanders
- Chorley
- Dutch Waterworkspolders, dikes, land reclamation, water management, dykes
- StaffordshireStoke-on-Trent, Stafford, Stone, Cheadle, Armitage
canal networknatural waterway
Earth-formed flowing channel
wild river · river system · stream · watershed · brook
canal networkroad network
Interconnected system of streets
highway system · railway network · air corridors · rail network · overland route