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	Canal - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Canals are so deeply identified with Venice that many canal cities have been nicknamed "the Venice of..." The city is built on marshy islands, with wooden piles supporting the buildings, so that here it is not so much the waterways which are man-made, as the land.
		In Europe and then in the young United States, inland canals preceded the development of railroads during the earliest phase of the Industrial Revolution; some canals were later drained and used as railroad rights-of-way.
		Canals have found another use in the 21st century, as wayleaves for fibre optic telecommunications networks.
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	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Canals are so deeply identified with Venice that many canal cities have been nicknamed "the Venice of..." The city is built on marshy islands, with wooden piles supporting the buildings, so that here it is not so much the waterways which are man-made, as the land.
		In Europe and then in the young United States, inland canals preceded the development of railroads during the earliest phase of the Industrial Revolution; some canals were later drained and used as railroad rights-of-way.
		Canals have found another use in the 21st century, as wayleaves for fibre optic telecommunications networks.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Canal (629 words)

	Grand Canal of China at AllExperts
		During the Yuan, Ming (1368-1644), and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, the Grand Canal served as the main artery between northern and southern China and was essential for the transport of grain to Beijing.
		In the central portion of the canal, that is between Jingjiang and Qingjiangpu, at which latter place it crosses the dry channel which marks the course of the Yellow River before 1852, the current is strong and difficult to ascend in the upward (northern) journey.
		On the west side of the canal, at the point where the Yellow River now cuts across it, there is laid down in Chinese maps of the 18th century a dry channel which is described as being followed by the Yellow River before it took the channel it abandoned in 1851-1853.
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		The Lingqu Canal, dug in 2l4 BC, is one of the three largest water conservation projects of ancient China and the oldest existing canal in the world.
		Lingqu canal provided a transportation route for Emperor Qin's crusade against southern China, thus making it possible for him to unify the whole country.
		Lingqu Canal is divided into the northern and the southern sections, with a total length of 21miles.
	www.countries.asiafriendsnetwork.com /China/page12.htm (510 words)

	Tchatting.com Forums
		There are two main types of canals: irrigation canals, which are used for the delivery of water, and waterways, which are transportation canals used for passage of goods and people, often connected to (and sometimes connecting) existing lakes, rivers, or oceans.
		Canal estates are a form of subdivision popular in cities like Miami, Florida and the Gold Coast, Queensland; the Gold Coast has over 700 km of residential canals.
		Lowell, Massachusetts, considered to be "The Cradle of the American Industrial Revolution," has 6 miles of canals, built from around 1790 to 1850, that provided waterpower and a means of transportation for the city.
	www.tchatting.com /forum/vbencyclopedia.php?title=Canal (935 words)

	Canals - ZDNet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		There are two main types of canals: irrigation canals, which are used for the delivery of water, and waterways, which are transportation canals used for passage of goods and people, often connected to (and sometimes connecting) existing lakes, rivers, or oceans.
		Canals are so deeply identified with Venice that many canal cities have been nicknamed "the Venice of..." The city is built on marshy islands, with wooden piles supporting the buildings, so that here it is not so much the waterways which are man-made, as the land.
		Canal estates are a form of subdivision popular in cities like Miami, Florida and the Gold Coast, Queensland; the Gold Coast has over 700 km of residential canals.
	www.zdnet.co.za /wiki/Canals (994 words)

	CCTV International
		The Linqu Canal, located in Guangxi Province, is the oldest and one of the most famous canals in China.
		Lingqu Canal consists of a dam, a south channel, and a north channel.
		At the head of Lingqu Canal is a V-shaped dam.
	www.cctv.com /program/natureandscience/20060912/101275.shtml (769 words)

	China Travel Service-Destination guilin tour guilin guide guilin travel guilin hotel guilin Air Ticket guilin tailor ...
		In the over past 2000 years, the canal was a very essential north-south pass which had been charged with heavy transportation from China hinterland to southern border area and it has played an important role in the national unification, economic exchange and cultural communication.
		The canal was once an important means of transports serving the region before railways and roads were constructed.
		The canal is dug with superb workmanship excelling nature and the scenery along the way is a concentration of natural and man-made landscapes.
	www.chinats.com /guilin/guilin372.htm (461 words)

	Canal - GiveSmart
		University of Rochester students' documentation of the history of the Erie Canal and its successor,...
		History of the Canal in general, but focuses to some extent on the western portion of the Canal from...
		Lingqu Canal - the oldest existing Canal in the...
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	CCTV International
		Lingqu Canal played a key role in the trade, irrigation, and military defense of these regions.
		During the Tang Dynasty (618 - 917), because Lingqu Canal was the main passageway to transport goods between North and South China, it became especially busy.
		The Doumen is similar to the modern lock of a canal.
	www.cctv.com /program/natureandscience/20060912/101281.shtml (656 words)

	Vaal Triangle Info Encylopedia - Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Kennet and Avon Canal at Bathampton, near Bath, England
		Canals are man-made waterways, usually connecting existing lakes, rivers, or oceans.
		[1] The longest canal of ancient times was the Grand Canal of China.
	www.vaaltriangleinfo.co.za /wiki/?title=Canal (626 words)

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		Lingqu Canal, also named Xianggui Canal, Xing'an Canal, and Douhe River, runs between 111°41' east longitude and 25°36' north latitude, on Haiyang river by the side of Nandoukou 3 kilometers away from Xing'an county seat.
		The headworks actually serve as dams to maintain balance of the water allocation between the two Canals, that is, to control less water inlet in Nanqu Canal and more water inlet in Beiqu Canal, and to produce 3:7 proportion of splitflow under given conditions.
		Nanqu Canal, 33.15 kilometers in total length, 7 to 12 meters in width, and 0.3 to 1.3 meters in depth, starts at Nandou and ends at the outlet of Linghe River, Having an effective irrigation area of 2540 ha.
	www.icold-cigb.org.cn /icold2000/st-c4-02.html (670 words)

	CANAL : Encyclopedia Entry
		There are two main types of canal: irrigation canals for the delivery of water and transportation canals for passage of goods and people.
		Competition from the railroad network made many canals obsolete for commercial transportation, and many fell into decay.
		National Canal Museum Contains many resources related to navigable waterways of the Eastern United States, based outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
	bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Canal (602 words)

	Ling Canal: Guilin Travel, Guilin Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ling Canal, an ancient water conservancy project from the Qin Dynasty (221 B.C.-206 B.C.), is boasted to be the earliest canal in the world.
		Ling Canal was originally built to connect the water systems of the Yangtze River and Pearl River.
		The only way was to build a canal, which could connect the river systems in the Yangtze Region and Pearl River Region and provide the water transportation for the troops.
	www.warriortours.com /cityguides/guilin/ling_canal.htm (358 words)

	Waterway Spa -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At one time, canals were built mostly for small wooden barges drawn by horses or other draft animals.
		Due to the construction of the railways and the style of construction of most UK canals, large parts of the UK's canal system were abandoned in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
		At the present time, canal restoration in the UK is carried out by a mixture of volunteers and professionals working on a large variety of projects.
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		It was lengthened again during the Yuan Dynasty (1206-1368), to become the Grand Canal.
		The entire canal was reconstructed between 1411 and 1415 during the Ming Dynasty by the Yongle Emperor.
		By the mid-19th century however, the development of maritime transport and the opening of the Jinpu Railway (from Tianjin to Pukou, Suzhou) and Beijing-Hankou railways reduced the canal\'s role greatly.
	www.ronkonkomanyus.com /details/Grand_Canal_of_China (1569 words)

	List of waterways - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The List of waterways is a link page for any river, canal, estuary or firth.
		Stecknitz Canal was a predecessor of the Elbe-Lübeck Canal
		Corinthian Canal connected the Gulf of Corinth with the Aegean Sea,
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/List_of_waterways (93 words)

	Top ten charming Chinese towns (II)
		Southeast of Xingan County, is Lingqu, the first man-made canal in the world, as old as the Great Wall, and now a popular wedding place for local people.
		Lingqu Hotel has a pleasant surroundings and offers a 50 per cent discount and free entrance to Lingqu in the off season.
		Further from Lingqu there are many inns (RMB 30-80 per night), and hostels with better facilities and surroundings (RMB 70-200).
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /citylife/2006-04/24/content_574961_3.htm (217 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Qin Shi Huang Di (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He gave China a common currency and a standardized systems of weights and measures, writing characters and local prefecture administration.
		Endless labor in the later years of his reign (including the link-up of the Great Wall of China and construction of the first canal (Lingqu[?]) in today's Guangdong Province, an inconclusive campaign against the Huns, and the widening and paving of countless roads all over China) started to provoke widespread discontent.
		The emperor was still barely able to maintain stability by his tight grip on every aspect of lives of the Chinese.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/qi/Qin_Shi_Huang_Di (538 words)

	List of waterways - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The List of waterways is a link page for any river, canal, estuary or firth.
		Stecknitz Canal was a predecessor of the Elbe-Lübeck Canal
		Corinthian Canal connected the Gulf of Corinth with the Aegean Sea,
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/List_of_waterways (125 words)

	World heritages of irrigation (China:Lingqu canal) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Lingqu canal was constructed as a waterway for conveying military supplies during the Qin Dynasty
		A fixed barrage was constructed on the Xiangjiang River (a tributary of the Yangzi River), as well as a canal with a length of 33.1 kilometers.
		Since around the 12th century, the canal was been used for irrigation, covering an irrigated area of 600 hectares.
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	Guilin Travel to Ling Canal
		Looking at the way that the canal been constructed brings to our thought on the wisdom achieved by the ancient peoples in the engineering fields employed in the construction of dam and embankment.
		Tourists were usually taken to see this section of the channel, which stretches from the Canal Mouth Village at the north to the river mouth in the south, which has a seven-meter water passage lift.
		All in thirty-six steep gates were built in order for boats to pass through from one section of the canal to another section of canal.
	www.cntravel.biz /cityguides/guilin/ling_canal.htm (336 words)

	China Province - Region, Regional
		Dug in 219 B. C., the Lingqu Canal, one of the well-known water control projects from ancient China, extends for 66 kilometers in Xing'an County to link up the Xiangjiang and Lijiang rivers and the Changjiang and Zhujiang river systems.
		Xing'an County, 60 kilometers north of Guilin, features the Lingqu Canal, Mao'er Mountain known as the First Mountain in southern China, and the Mao'er Mountain State Park.
		The Zijiang River that flows in Ziyuan County 149 kilometers from Guilin is a corridor of landscapes known for their seclusion, precipitousness, wonderfulness, and gracefulness.
	www.cntravel.biz /china_columns/provinces/guangxi/gxi_nort.shtml (796 words)

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		Travelers are also fascinated with the traditional folklore tours to the habitats of the various local ethnic groups where they may enjoy their, foods, songs and dances.
		The heritage our along the Lingqu Canal and the Guihai Forest of Steles give tourists a complete impression of the city’s modern buildings and facilities and surrounding natural landscapes.
		The Lingqu Canal is regarded as one of the three greatest water conservation projects in Chinese history, along with the Dujiangyan Weirs and the Zhangguo Canal.
	www.chinatoday.com.cn /English/e2005/e200510/p72.htm (1079 words)

	Lingqu Canal Term Papers, Essay Research Paper Help, Essays on Lingqu Canal
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	boating accessories, marine ultra performance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		There are two main types of canal: irrigation canals for the delivery of water and transportation canals for passage of goods and people.
		Competition from the railroad network made many canals obsolete for commercial transportation, and many fell into decay.
		Erie Canal - New York, U.S. C and O Canal - U.S. Rideau Canal - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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	About the Zhuang
		In 221 B.C., the First Emperor of Qin, China's first feudal emperor to unify the country, conquered the area and established three prefectures there.
		The emperor had the Lingqu Canal built to facilitate irrigation.
		He also started a project to move people from other places to the area, strengthening its political, economic and cultural ties with the central-south part of the country.
	www.freespaces.com /bahlmann/content/guangxi/zhuang.htm (2065 words)

	Lingqu Canal - China Tour - Travel to China
		Lingqu Canal - China Tour - Travel to China
		Lingqu Canal (Simplified Chinese:灵渠，Traditional Chinese:靈渠, Pinyin: L?ng Q?) is located in Xing'an county, near Guilin, in Guangxi province, China.
		In 214 B.C., Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.), ordered the construction of a canal connecting the Xiang RiverXiang and Lijiang RiverLijiang rivers.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Lingqu_Canal (175 words)

	TrustWatch Search
		University of Rochester students' documentation of the history of the Erie Canal and its successor, the New York State Barge Canal, with...
		History of the canal in general, but focuses to some extent on the western portion of the canal from Palmyra (Lock 29) to Lockport (Locks 34...
		The Official WWW site of the New York State Canal System, published by the New York State Canal Corporation.
	www.trustwatch.com /search?q=Canal (222 words)

	Exploring Chinese History :: Culture :: People :: Minorities
		Xunhua County, which the largest group of the Salars live, is a mountainous area situated along the banks of the Yellow River in southeastern Qinghai Province.
		Although it has a mild climate and fertile land crisscrossed by canals, it is handicapped by insufficient rainfall.
		Before China's Communist revolution in 1949, farmers did not have the capability of harnessing the Yellow River, and the county was often referred to as "arid Xunhua." The Salars are mainly farmers, going in for such crops as wheat, Tibetan barley, buckwheat and potatoes.
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