canal systems
Navigable water networks
Canal systems are networks of artificial waterways built for transportation, irrigation, or drainage.
Historically, canal systems moved goods before railroads: The Erie Canal system transformed commerce in the Northeast.
In biology, canal systems refer to the internal channels in sponges or other organisms that circulate water and nutrients.
- waterwayNavigable route for vessels
- inland waterwayNavigable route through land
- towpathCanal-side walking route
- lockMechanism requiring a key
- narrowboatSlim vessel for canals
aqueduct · irrigation · dredging · delta · floodgate · water level · wetlands · embankment · narrow gauge · sluice · pound lock · Suez · shipping lane · trade route · textile mills · lock keeper · Panama · watershed
- rice farmingpaddy field, rice paddy, paddies, flooded field, rice cultivation
- Asian inventionsgunpowder, paper money, compass, silk production, movable type
- Industrial Historyfactories, cotton mills, coal mines, power stations, mill ponds
- Inland Waterwayswaterway, navigable waters, barge, channel marker, river traffic
- Low CountriesNetherlands, Belgium, Holland, Amsterdam, Brussels
- Mesoamerican agriculturemaize, cacao, squash, amaranth, chia
canal systemsriver systems
Connected networks of waterways
streams · wild rivers · creeks · watersheds · brooks
canal systemsroad networks
Connected paths for vehicles
highway systems · railway systems · rail networks · overland routes · caravan routes