List of channels
The list of channels contains a tabular and sortable overview with basic information on the channels worldwide. It lists some of the existing and former channels and does not claim to be exhaustive.
A canal is navigable if this corresponds to the definition of navigability , so this does not refer to the possibility of using smaller pleasure craft there .
The beginning and the end of the channel are preferably entered with coordinates.
- sch. = navigable, hist. = historical
Name / overview link | country | Beginning | The End | sch. | hist. | comment |
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Berlin-Spandau Shipping Canal (BSK) | Germany | Yes | ||||
Britzer connection channel | Germany | Yes | ||||
Charlottenburg connection canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Dahme waterway | Germany | North of the Schmöckwitz Bridge | Near Prieros . | Yes |
Legally, the federal waterways still belong to the DaWanda: Wernsdorfer Seenkette, Möllenzugsee, estuary of the Notte, Zernsdorfer Lanke, Storkow waters and Teupitz waters.
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Dahme flood canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Datteln-Hamm Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Dortmund-Ems Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Elbe-Havel Canal | Germany | km 325.70 at the end of the lower lock outer port of the Hohenwarthe lock | 380.90 km on the Lower Havel waterway | Yes | From the point of view of the ongoing kilometers relevant to shipping, the Elbe-Havel Canal is a section of the Mittelland Canal. | |
Elbe-Lübeck Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Elbe Lateral Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Elbe-Weser shipping route | Germany | Yes | ||||
Elisabethfehnkanal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Ems-Vechte Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Ems-Jade Canal | Germany | Emden | Wilhelmshaven | Yes | Inland waterway - class 0 | |
Ems side canal | Germany | Ems near Oldersum | Emder harbor | Yes | Waterway class III | |
Emster Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Finow Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Gallun Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Geeste-Elbe Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Gieselau Canal | Germany |
Kiel Canal , km 40.66 |
Eider , km 22.78 |
Yes | ||
Gosen Canal | Germany | North end of Seddinsee | South end of Dämeritzsee | Yes | ||
Hadelner Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Haren-Rütenbrock Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Havel Canal | Germany |
Havel-Oder waterway , km 10.30 |
Lower Havel waterway km 32.27 |
Yes | ||
Havel-Oder waterway | Germany | Yes | ||||
Hohensaaten-Friedrichsthaler waterway | Germany | Yes | ||||
Hut Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Jagow Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Chamber canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Karl Heine Canal | Germany | Leipzig | Leipzig | No | approved for pleasure craft | |
Coastal channel | Germany | Yes | ||||
Landwehr Canal (LWK) | Germany | Yes | ||||
Main-Danube Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Malzer Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Mittelland Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Müritz-Elde waterway | Germany | Yes | ||||
Müritz-Havel waterway | Germany | Yes | ||||
Niegripper connection channel | Germany | Yes | ||||
Neukölln shipping canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
North Georgsfehn Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Kiel Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Notte Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Upper Havel waterway | Germany | Yes | ||||
Oder-Havel Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Oder-Spree Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Oranienburg Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Pareyer connection channel | Germany | Yes | ||||
Repenter canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Rhine-Herne Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Rothenseer connecting canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Ruhr Shipping Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Ruppiner Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Sacrow-Paretzer Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Rhine-Kleve shipping route | Germany | Yes | ||||
Swedter crossing | Germany | Yes | ||||
Spree-Oder-Wasserstraße | Germany | Yes | ||||
Sturgeon waterway | Germany | Yes | ||||
Teltow Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Lower Havel waterway | Germany | Yes | ||||
Voss Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Werbellinkanal | Germany | Yes | ||||
Wesel-Datteln Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
West Harbor Canal | Germany | Yes | ||||
All channel | Germany | No | Yes | |||
Alster-Beste Canal | Germany | No | Yes | |||
Coevorden-Piccardie Canal | Germany | No | Yes | 1904, shut down in 1965 | ||
Eider Canal | Germany | No | Yes | 1784, formerly called Schleswig-Holsteinischer channel , 1895 in Kiel Canal risen | ||
Elsterwerda-Grödel raft canal | Germany | No | Yes | |||
Elster-Saale Canal | Germany | No | Yes | |||
Ems-Hase Canal | Germany | No | Yes | 1829 predominantly in the Dortmund-Ems-channel merged | ||
Erft Canal | Germany | No | Yes | in Neuss, 90% tunneled today | ||
Ernst August Canal (Hamburg) | Germany | Hamburg | Hamburg | Yes | No | |
Ernst August Canal (Hanover) | Germany | Hanover | Hanover | No | Yes | |
Carolina fossa | Germany | No | Yes | 793, Karlsgraben | ||
Frankenthal Canal | Germany | No | Yes | 1668 | ||
Friedrich Wilhelm Canal | Germany | No | Yes | |||
Hahnenmoorkanal | Germany | No | Yes | |||
Hamme-Oste Canal | Germany | No | Yes | |||
Ihle Canal | Germany | No | Yes | partially in Elbe-Havel-channel merged | ||
Long junk | Germany | No | Yes | historical part of the Finow Canal | ||
Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal | Germany | No | Yes | from Kelheim via Neumarkt OPf. and Nuremberg to Bamberg | ||
Luisenstadt Canal | Germany | Luisenstadt | Urban port | No | Yes | |
Max Clemens Canal | Germany | No | Yes | |||
Niederneuendorfer Canal | Germany | No | Yes | |||
Nordhorn-Almelo Canal | Germany | No | Yes | |||
Upper Harz water shelf | Germany | No | Yes | 1520-1870 | ||
Plauer Canal | Germany | No | Yes | almost entirely in the Elbe-Havel Canal risen | ||
Polzow Canal | Germany | No | Yes | |||
City Canal (Potsdam) | Germany | south of the deep lake | Neustädter Havel Bay | No | Yes | 1722, filled in in 1965, re-exposure gradually since 1999 |
Stecknitz Canal | Germany | No | Yes | 1398, 1900 in the Elbe-Lübeck Canal risen | ||
South-North Canal | Germany | No | Yes | |||
Ship ditch | Germany | Hanover | Hanover | No | Yes | |
Branch Canal (Dortmund-Ems Canal) | Germany | No | Yes | Branch canal of the Dortmund-Ems canal until 1938 | ||
Eugeniana fossa | Germany | No | Yes | not finished | ||
Recknitz-Trebel-Peene Canal | Germany | No | Yes | not finished, planned from 1957, construction work from 1958 to 1961 | ||
Landgraf-Carl Canal | Germany | No | Yes | not finished | ||
North channel | Germany | No | Yes | not finished, abandoned in 1811 | ||
Gleesen-Papenburg side canal | Germany | km 138.3 above the Gleesen lock | Papenburg | No | Yes | not finished |
Lake Constance-Danube Canal | Germany | No | Yes | Project abandoned before construction began | ||
Elbe-Kiel Canal | Germany | No | Yes | Project abandoned before construction began | ||
Elbe-Oder Canal | Germany | No | Yes | Project abandoned before construction began | ||
Hansa Canal | Germany | No | Yes | Project abandoned before construction began | ||
Main Werra Canal | Germany | No | Yes | Project abandoned before construction began | ||
Neckar-Danube Canal | Germany | No | Yes | Project abandoned before construction began | ||
Rhine-Maas Canal | Germany | No | Yes | Project abandoned before construction began | ||
Rhine-See Canal | Germany | No | Yes | Project abandoned before construction began | ||
Alz Canal | Germany | No | is used to generate electricity | |||
Augsburg ice channel | Germany | No | No | |||
Boker Heide Canal | Germany | No | No | historical irrigation canal | ||
Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal | Germany | No | Project | |||
Danube-Oder Canal | Germany | No | partially built | |||
Havelländischer Großer Hauptkanal | Germany | No | No | |||
Inn Canal | Germany | No | No | |||
Lech Canal | Germany | No | No | is used to generate electricity | ||
Leina Canal | Germany | No | No | Drinking water supply to the city of Gotha in the Middle Ages | ||
Isar works canal | Germany | No | No | |||
Middle Isar Canal | Germany | No | No | |||
Mühltalkanal | Germany | No | No | |||
Niers Canal | Germany | No | No | |||
Nymphenburg Canal | Germany | No | No | |||
Nymphenburg-Biederstein Canal | Germany | No | No | |||
Saale Canal | Germany | Calbe | Barby | No | Project | |
Name / overview link | country | Beginning | The End | sch. | hist. | comment |
Aarberg Canal | Switzerland | Aarberg | Broye | No | Yes | 17th century |
Broye Canal | Switzerland | Murten lake | Lake Neuchâtel | Yes | No | |
Canal d'Entreroches | Switzerland | Yverdon-les-Bains | Entreroches | No | Yes | 17th century |
Escherkanal | Switzerland | Mollis | Walensee | No | No | Linth correction |
Hagneck Canal | Switzerland | Aarberg | Lake Biel | No | No | Jura water correction |
Linth Canal | Switzerland | Walensee | Lake Zurich | Yes | No | Linth correction |
Nidau-Büren Canal | Switzerland | Lake Biel | Büren on the Aare | Yes | No | Jura water correction |
Rhine Valley Inland Canal | Switzerland | Sennwald | St. Margrethen | No | No | Rhine regulation |
St. Alban's pond | Switzerland | Munchenstein | Basel | No | Yes | |
Vilterser-Wangser Canal | Switzerland | Vilters-Wangs | Truebbach | No | No | Rhine regulation |
Counting channel | Switzerland | Lake Neuchâtel | Lake Biel | Yes | Yes | Jura water correction |
Name / overview link | country | Beginning | The End | sch. | hist. | comment |
Vivar Canal | Albania | Butrintsee | Ionian sea | No | ||
Afleidingskanal van de Leie | Belgium | |||||
Albert Canal | Belgium | Antwerp | Liege | 129.5 km, opened in 1939 | ||
Boudewijn Canal | Belgium | |||||
Canal Charleroi-Brussels | Belgium | |||||
Canal du Center (Belgium) | Belgium | enables inland navigation to cross the watershed between the Meuse and the Scheldt (4 boat lifts) | ||||
Ath-Blaton Canal | Belgium | |||||
Briegden-Neerharen Canal | Belgium | |||||
Bruges-Ostend Canal | Belgium | |||||
Bruges-Sluis Canal | Belgium | |||||
Dessel-Kwaadmechelen Canal | Belgium | |||||
Canal Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten | Belgium | |||||
Ghent-Bruges Canal | Belgium | |||||
Gent-Terneuzen Canal | Belgium | 32 km long. 1960–1968 enlarged; since then 200 meters wide. Seagoing ships up to 125,000 tons can use it. The largest permissible dimensions are 265 × 34 × 12.50 m. | ||||
Canal Ieper-IJzer | Belgium | |||||
Canal naar Beverlo | Belgium | |||||
Nimy-Blaton Canal | Belgium | |||||
Leopold Canal | Belgium | |||||
Kempen Canal Bocholt-Herentals | Belgium | |||||
Nete Canal | Belgium | |||||
Zeekanaal Brussels-Scheldt | Belgium | until 1997 20 km long ( port from Brussels to Willebroek ), then extended by approx. 8 km to the Scheldt | ||||
Zuid-Willemsvaart | Belgium | |||||
Name / overview link | country | Beginning | The End | sch. | hist. | comment |
Ahkiolahtikanal | Finland | |||||
Haponlahtikanal | Finland | |||||
Heinävesi waterway | Finland | |||||
Herraskosk Canal | Finland | |||||
Iisalmi waterway | Finland | |||||
Kaivanno Canal | Finland | |||||
Kaivos canal | Finland | |||||
Lime boxes kanava | Finland | |||||
Carvio canal | Finland | |||||
Chewing canal | Finland | |||||
Kermakanal | Finland | |||||
Kimola channel | Finland | |||||
Kuivataipaleen kanava | Finland | |||||
Leppävirta waterway | Finland | |||||
Murole waterway | Finland | |||||
Nilsiä waterway | Finland | |||||
Pielinen waterway | Finland | |||||
Pielisjoki | Finland | |||||
Pilpa canal | Finland | |||||
Pontucci Canal | Finland | |||||
Raikuukanal | Finland | |||||
Rikala Canal | Finland | |||||
Saarikoskikanal | Finland | |||||
Saimaa Canal | Finland | |||||
Siikajoki rafting channel | Finland | |||||
Suvorovic war channels | Finland | |||||
Taipale Canal | Finland | |||||
Taivallahti Canal | Finland | |||||
Tammisalo Canal | Finland | |||||
Vääksykanal | Finland | |||||
Valkeakosk Canal | Finland | |||||
Varistaipale canal | Finland | |||||
Vianna Canal | Finland | |||||
Vihovuonne Canal | Finland | |||||
Vuoksi waters | Finland | |||||
Vuotsokanal | Finland | |||||
Name / overview link | country | Beginning | The End | sch. | hist. | comment |
Canal de Bergues | France | |||||
Canal de Bourbourg | France | |||||
Canal de Bourgogne | France | |||||
Canal de Briare | France | |||||
Canal de Calais | France | |||||
Canal de Fumes | France | |||||
Canal de la Marne au Rhin | France | |||||
Canal de la Meuse | France | |||||
Canal de la Sambre à l'Oise | France | |||||
Canal de la Somme | France | |||||
Canal de la Vieille Autise | France | |||||
Canal de Lens | France | |||||
Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne | France | |||||
Canal de l'Oise à l'Aisne | France | |||||
Canal de l'Ourcq | France | 49 ° 11 ′ 36 " N , 3 ° 9 ′ 54" E | 48 ° 53 ′ 17 " N , 2 ° 22 ′ 43" E | |||
Canal de Marans à La Rochelle | France | |||||
Canal de Nantes à Brest | France | |||||
Canal de Pommerœul à Condé | France | |||||
Canal de Roanne à Digoin | France | |||||
Canal de Roubaix | France | |||||
Canal de Saint-Quentin | France | |||||
Canal des Ardennes | France | |||||
Canal des Vosges | France | |||||
Canal du Center (France) | France | |||||
Canal du Havre à Tancarville | France | |||||
Canal du Loing | France | |||||
Canal du Midi | France | |||||
Canal du Nivernais | France | |||||
Canal du Nord | France | |||||
Canal du Rhône à Sète | France | |||||
Canal du Rhône au Rhin | France | |||||
Canal d'Arles à Fos | France | |||||
Canal d'Ille-et-Rance | France | |||||
Canal between Champagne and Burgundy | France | |||||
Canal latéral à la Garonne | France | |||||
Canal latéral à la Loire | France | |||||
Canal latéral à la Marne | France | |||||
Canal latéral à l'Aisne | France | |||||
Canal latéral à l'Oise | France | |||||
Canal Saint-Denis | France | 48 ° 53 ′ 32 " N , 2 ° 23 ′ 11" E | 48 ° 56 ′ 27 " N , 2 ° 20 ′ 27" E | |||
Canal Saint-Martin | France | 48 ° 53 ′ 2 " N , 2 ° 22 ′ 16" E | 48 ° 50 '50 " N , 2 ° 21' 59" E | |||
Canaux d'Hazebrouck | France | |||||
Rhine Lateral Canal | France | |||||
Saar Canal | France | |||||
Name / overview link | country | Beginning | The End | sch. | hist. | comment |
Corinth Canal | Greece | Corinth | Isthmia | Yes | ||
Brenta Canal | Italy | |||||
Canale Industriale del Ticino | Italy | Yes | ||||
Naviglio della Martesana | Italy | Yes | ||||
Naviglio Grande | Italy | Yes | ||||
Naviglio Pavese | Italy | Yes | ||||
Name / overview link | country | Beginning | The End | sch. | hist. | comment |
Aarkanal | Netherlands | |||||
Aduarderdiep | Netherlands | |||||
AG-Wildervanck Canal | Netherlands | |||||
Amsterdam, list of canals | Netherlands | Amsterdam | Amsterdam | |||
Amsterdam-Rhine Canal | Netherlands | |||||
Apeldoorn Canal | Netherlands | |||||
Beatrix Canal | Netherlands | |||||
Beilervaart | Netherlands | |||||
Buinen Schoonoord Canal | Netherlands | |||||
Buitenwatersloot | Netherlands | |||||
Caland Canal | Netherlands | |||||
Damsterdiep | Netherlands | |||||
Drentsche Hoofdvaart | Netherlands | |||||
Dubbele Wiericke | Netherlands | |||||
Ems Canal | Netherlands | |||||
Fossa Drusiana | Netherlands | Yes | ||||
Franekervaart | Netherlands | |||||
Gaag | Netherlands | |||||
Hartel Canal | Netherlands | |||||
Hoogeveense Vaart | Netherlands | |||||
Hunsingokanaal | Netherlands | t 'stort | Zoutkamp | Yes | Drainage canal 6.6 km long, built in 1873 | |
Johan Willem Friso Canal | Netherlands | |||||
Juliana Canal | Netherlands | |||||
Kanaal Wessem-Nederweert | Netherlands | Whom | Nederweert | |||
Kielsterdiep | Netherlands | |||||
Kolonievaart | Netherlands | |||||
Lateraalkanaal | Netherlands | Linne | Buggenum | |||
Lekkanal | Netherlands | |||||
Linthorst-Homan Canal | Netherlands | |||||
Maas-Waal Canal | Netherlands | |||||
Meedenerdiep | Netherlands | |||||
Meppelerdiep | Netherlands | |||||
Merwede Canal | Netherlands | |||||
Noord-Willemskanaal | Netherlands | |||||
Noordhollandsch Kanaal | Netherlands | Amsterdam Willem I lock | Den Helder Koopvaarderschleuse | Yes | ||
Noordvliet | Netherlands | |||||
Nordhorn-Almelo Canal | Netherlands | Yes | ||||
North Sea Canal | Netherlands | Port of Amsterdam | IJmuiden | Yes | ||
Norgervaart | Netherlands | |||||
Opsterlandse Compagnonsvaart | Netherlands | |||||
Orange Canal | Netherlands | |||||
Pannerdens Canal | Netherlands | |||||
Prinses-Margriet Canal | Netherlands | |||||
Ringvaart of the Haarlemmermeer polder | Netherlands | |||||
Scheldt-Rhine Canal | Netherlands | |||||
Steenenhoek Canal | Netherlands | |||||
Twentekanal | Netherlands | |||||
Van Echterenkanal | Netherlands | |||||
Van Harinxma Canal | Netherlands | |||||
Van Starkenborghkanaal | Netherlands | |||||
Vlaardingervaart | Netherlands | |||||
Weerdingerkanal | Netherlands | |||||
Wilhelminakanal | Netherlands | |||||
Winschoterdiep | Netherlands | |||||
Wolddiep | Netherlands | |||||
Zoutkamperril | Netherlands | Zoutkamp | Lauwerszee | Yes | Extension of the Reitdiep , created after the completion of the Lauwerszee | |
Zuid-Willemsvaart | Netherlands | |||||
Name / overview link | country | Beginning | The End | sch. | hist. | comment |
Telemark Canal | Norway | |||||
Wiener Neustädter Canal | Austria | Yes | ||||
Augustów Canal | Poland | |||||
Canal Bydgoski | Poland | Brda near Bydgoszcz | Noteć at Nakło nad Notecią | Yes | ||
Gliwice Canal | Poland | |||||
Jagiellonian Canal | Poland | |||||
Bachorze canal | Poland | |||||
Channel Notecki | Poland | |||||
Canal Piastowski | Poland | |||||
Warta-Goplo Canal | Poland | |||||
Wieprz-Krzna Canal | Poland | |||||
Klodnitz Canal | Poland | replaced by the Gliwice Canal | ||||
Masurian Canal | Poland and Russia | Druzhba (Kaliningrad) | Mamry (Poland) | No | Yes | Construction stopped during World War II |
Oberland Canal | Poland | |||||
Name / overview link | country | Beginning | The End | sch. | hist. | comment |
Moscow Canal | Russia | |||||
White Sea-Baltic Canal | Russia | |||||
Volga-Don Canal | Russia | |||||
Volga-Baltic Canal | Russia | |||||
Dalsland Canal | Sweden | |||||
Göta Canal | Sweden | |||||
Hammarbyleden | Sweden | |||||
Södertälje Canal | Sweden | |||||
Trollhabe Canal | Sweden | |||||
Vltava Canal | Czech Republic | Vraňany | Mělnik | Yes | ||
Schwarzenbergscher Schwemmkanal | Czech Republic | Great mill near Haslach | No | Yes | ||
Baťův kanál | Czech Republic and Slovakia | 49 ° 12 ′ 39 " N , 17 ° 30 ′ 23" E | 48 ° 52 ′ 41 ″ N , 17 ° 12 ′ 6 ″ E | |||
Karakum Canal | Turkmenistan | |||||
Regent's Canal | United Kingdom, England | Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal | Thames | No | Yes | partly occupied by houseboats |
Bridgewater Canal | United Kingdom, England | Yes | ||||
Newry Canal | United Kingdom, Northern Ireland | Yes | ||||
Caledonian Canal | United Kingdom, Scotland | |||||
Bystre Canal | Ukraine | 7 km downstream from Wylkowe | No | under construction | ||
Dnepr-Donbass Canal | Ukraine | Verkhnyodniprovsk | Isjum | No | ||
Dnepr-Kryvyi-Rih Canal | Ukraine | Marjanske | Kryvyi-Rih | No | ||
North Crimean Canal | Ukraine | Nowa Kachowka | Kerch | No | over 400 km long, currently mostly drained |
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Dnieper Bug Canal | Belarus | |||||
Oginsky Canal System | Belarus | |||||
Berezina canal system | Belarus | Serguch Canal junction | Ula mouth | No | Yes | belonged to the connection Dnieper - Düna ( Black Sea - Baltic Sea ) |
Name / overview link | country | Beginning | The End | sch. | hist. | comment |
Suez Canal | Egypt | |||||
Hong Gou Canal | China | Yes | 6th century BC BC, used until approx. 1300 | |||
Imperial Canal | China | Yes | ||||
Magic channel | China | Yes | ||||
Zheng Guo Canal | China | Yes | ||||
Rideau Canal | Canada | Yes | ||||
Welland Canal | Canada | |||||
Irtysh-Karaganda Canal | Kazakhstan | |||||
Nicaragua Canal | Nicaragua | No | Project | |||
Panama Canal | Panama | |||||
Jonglei Canal | Sudan | Bur | Malacal | No | under construction | |
Cerritos Channel | United States | |||||
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal | United States | Yes | ||||
Mowry Canal Number C-103 | United States |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Directory E, serial no. 4 der Chronik ( Memento of the original of July 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration
- ↑ When the Crimean crisis began , Ukraine cut off the water supply.
- ↑ List of channels in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey