Panama Canal
noun
uk/ˌpæn.ə.mɑː kəˈnæl/us/ˌpæn.ə.mɑː kəˈnæl/the Panama Canal
acanal(= along,narrowstretchofwaterthat isartificiallymade forboatstotravelalong)thatconnectsthe Atlantic Ocean and thePacificOcean throughPanama:
巴拿马运河We went through thePanamaCanal onourway to Peru.我们在去秘鲁的路上经过了巴拿马运河。
HissuccessfultreatieswithPanamagave itcontrolof thePanamaCanal by 1999.他与巴拿马成功签订的条约让巴拿马从1999年开始对运河拥有控制权。
- Drought is just one way thatclimatechangeloomsover thefutureof thePanamaCanal.
- Hearrangedfor thedrugsto bestuffedintocargocontainersduringvesselstopoversat thePanamaCanal.
- AnenlargedPanamaCanal will beabletohandlelargercontainerships.
Watercourses & waterfalls
- amazon
- arroyo
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- bourne
- brook
- burn
- cascade
- cataract
- Euphrates
- fluvial
- fordable
- gulch
- gully
- rapids
- rill
- riverbed
- riverine
- runnel
- the Thames
- waterway