The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Photo: NASA image of the Suez Canal
© wikipedia.org/NASA/public domain It took 10 years to build the Suez Canal. Photo: the canal in 1956
© I.Artyukhov/V.Orlov/Fotokhronika TASS Over 17,000 vessels pass through the canal yearly. Photo: cargo ships sail through the Suez Canal
© AP Photo Photo: Two women sit along the Suez Canal as the Russian missile destroyer Admiral Chabanenko crosses the canal 100 km east of Cairo, Egypt
© EPA/STR The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. It's 77,1 km long
© S. Sychyov/Fotokhronika TASS The Panama Canal was opened in 1914
© AP Photo The canal is one of the most outsatnding engineering projects ever realized
© AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the longest manmade waterway in the world (1,794 km) Photo: a barge moves through the Grand Canal
© EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS The Corinth Canal connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. Photo: a view of Corinth Canal by night as seen from Loutraki
© EPA/TIBOR ILLYES HUNGARY OUT Although the canal is of little economic importance, narrow and not very long (6,4 km), it's very picturesque. Photo: a sail ship passes through the Corinth Canal
© EPA/VASILIS PSOMAS The Kiel Canal, that is 98 km long and connects the Baltic and the North seas, existed since the 18th century, but large-scale construction work began only in the end of the 19th century. Photo: a Soviet ship passes through the Kiel Canal in 1956
© Alexander Kochetkov/Fotokhronika TASS The locks at the Kiel Canal
© EPA/ANGELIKA WARMUTH The Kiel Canal saves a 450 kilometer detour via Skagerrak
© AP Photo/Heribert Proepper The White Sea Canal in Russia was opened 1933. It connects the White Sea with Lake Onega, which is further connected to the Baltic Sea. Photo: the White Sea Canal in 1973
© Semyon Maisterman/Fotokhronika TASS The canal was built by GULAG prisoners. Thousands of people died during the construction
© wikipedia.org/public domain Photo: construction of the White Sea – Baltic Sea Canal in 1932
© Reproduction/Fotokhronika TASS The total length of the route is 227 km. Photo: the White Sea Canal in 1973
© Semyon Maisterman/Fotokhronika TASS