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The document discusses various ocean trading routes including rivers, lakes, canals, and the Panama and Suez Canals. It provides details on advantages and disadvantages of different routes. The key points are:
- Rivers, lakes, and canals allow access to inland areas for trade but have limitations like shallow depths.
- The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, saving ships thousands of miles and reducing travel time significantly.
- The Suez Canal provides the shortest link between the Mediterranean and Red Seas.
The document discusses various ocean trading routes including rivers, lakes, canals, and the Panama and Suez Canals. It provides details on advantages and disadvantages of different routes. The key points are:
- Rivers, lakes, and canals allow access to inland areas for trade but have limitations like shallow depths.
- The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, saving ships thousands of miles and reducing travel time significantly.
- The Suez Canal provides the shortest link between the Mediterranean and Red Seas.
The document discusses various ocean trading routes including rivers, lakes, canals, and the Panama and Suez Canals. It provides details on advantages and disadvantages of different routes. The key points are:
- Rivers, lakes, and canals allow access to inland areas for trade but have limitations like shallow depths.
- The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, saving ships thousands of miles and reducing travel time significantly.
- The Suez Canal provides the shortest link between the Mediterranean and Red Seas.
suez canal Ocean Trading Routes • A trade route is a logistical network identified as a series of pathways and stoppages used for the commercial transport of cargo. The term can also be used to refer to trade over bodies of water. Allowing goods to reach distant markets. • Ocean Trade routes can be within oceans, rivers, lakes and canals Advantages and disadvantages of ocean trade routes. • Advantages • Disadvantages • Important for international • Slow speed trade • Piracy • Transport of bulky goods • Might get caught in a • Does not require special storm infrastructure • Delaying arrival time by • The world is connected by avoiding bad weather. trade routes Trade Route What’s a River ? • a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another river. • Rivers can be used to access areas of trade that would not accessible otherwise. • An example of a river that is used for trading is the Columbia river which runs through the united states and Canada. It allows ships to access inland cities such as: Portland and Vancouver. • A disadvantages of using rivers for trade is that certain parts of the rivers can get very narrow or shallow which makes it risky to move large ships through the river. What’s a Lake? • a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land. • Lakes are good for trade because they boarder many different countries and cities. • An example of a lake use for trade is the great lakes in the United States and Canada. These lakes are used for trade between various cities within the United States and Canadian region. Some of the cities includes Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland and Toronto. • One disadvantage of using lakes for trade is that most lakes do not have easily accessible paths to other trade routes. What is a canal? • A man-made waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland. • Canals are usually used to allow ships to cross from one ocean or sea to another without taking long journeys around large land masses. • There are canals all over the world that are all used for different purposes. Two major canals are the Panama canal and the Suez canal. Advantages and Disadvantages of an canal? ADVANTAGES • the ease of shipping goods. • Water transport is the cheapest, compared to rail and road. DISADVANTAGE • Canals require significant manpower to build and maintain (very costly) • Boats travel slowly. • They also only work in areas that are reasonably flat. They are also susceptible to flooding, droughts, freezing, and other natural occurrences. The Panama Canal • The Panama Canal is a man-made 48-mile waterway in panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. A cruise through this historic waterway can take you to ports of call in Mexico, Columbia, Costa Rico, Jamaica, Nicaragua and Panama. • Lush rainforests, historical settlements, nature preserves filled with exotic wildlife and clear waters teeming with coral. • The Panama Canal is system of locks that shorten the travel time and distance form the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. After France unsuccessfully attempted to build a canal through isthmus of Panama in the 1800s, the United States began building the Canal in 1904. The Panama Canal • The canal permits shippers of commercial goods, ranging from automobiles to grain, to save time and money by transporting cargo more quickly. • Prior to the completion of the canal, a ship sailing between New York and San Francisco had to sail around Cape Horn, the southernmost point of South America. • This 12,000 mile trip took 67 days. After the Canal was completed approximately 8,000 miles were eliminated from the trip. • This allowed more ships of various sizes to carry millions of tons of cargo through the Canal each day. The Panama Canal • Military importance • Interests grew in shorter routes for naval ships that required passage between two oceans. • In 1903 Panama sold its rights to the Canal to the United States for $10,000,000 • Unites States Military had a strong presence in the Panama Canal zone until 1999 when all U.S Military bases were closed in Panama • The Panama Canal is still used to transport military water vessels The Panama Canal • Future of the panama canal • Pressure on Carbon emissions, drive the marine industry to build bigger vessels to transport more loads of cargo. • These vessels can no longer be accommodated by the locks of the Canal. • This creates traffic jams at the canal that delay cargo up to a week • The expansion of the Canal is expected to double The Panama Canal How The Panama Canal Works? The Suez Canal • Suez canal is the first man made canal to cross land, it connects the Mediterranean sea to the red sea. • It is considered the shortest link to the East and West • Due to its unique geographical position the Suez canal is of great importance to t he world and more significant to Egypt. • It is 120 miles long and it is estimated that 17000 vessels pass each year. • It was opened for navigation on 17th of November 1869. Advantages of the Suez Canal • Longest Canal in the world without locks • Accidents are almost nil in comparison to other waterways • Navigation is both day and night • It can be expanded as required for ships of all sizes • VTMS allows for monitoring in case of emergency Image of the Suez canal