Panama Canal
| Panama Canal Canal de Panamá | |
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Panama Canal ke chhaapa, jon locks aur passages ke dekhae hae | |
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| Specifications | |
| Length | 82 km (51 miles) |
| Maximum boat length | 366 m (1,200 ft 9 in) |
| Maximum boat beam | 49 m (160 ft 9 in) (originally 28.5 m or 93 ft 6 in) |
| Maximum boat draft | 15.2 m (50 ft) |
| Maximum boat air draft | 57.91 m (190.0 ft) |
| Locks | 3 locks up, 3 down per transit; all three lanes (3 lanes of locks) |
| Status | Opened in 1914; expansion opened 26 June 2016 |
| Navigation authority | Panama Canal Authority |
| History | |
| Principal engineer | Armand Reclus and Gaston Blanchet (1881–1882), Jules Dingler (1883–1885), Maurice Hutin (1885), Philippe Bunau-Varilla (1885–1886, acting), Léo Boyer (1886), M. Nouailhac-Pioch (1886, acting), M. Jacquier (1886–1889), Philippe Bunau-Varilla (1894–1903), John Findley Wallace (1904–1905), John Frank Stevens (1905–1907), George Washington Goethals (1907–1914) |
| Construction began | 1 January 1881 |
| Date completed | 15 August 1914 |
| Date extended | 26 June 2016 |
| Geography | |
| Start point | Caribbean Sea (part of Atlantic Ocean) |
| End point | Pacific Ocean |
| Connects to | Pacific Ocean from Atlantic Ocean and vice versa |
Panama Canal, Panama (Central America) ke ek waterway hae jon ki Atlantic Ocean aur Pacific Ocean ke jorree hae. Panama Canal tiin locks ke kaam me laae ke paani ke level ke control kare hae. Har saal 14,000 jahaj ii canal se jaawe hae. France 1880 me iske banae ke kosis karis lekin nai khalaas kare paais aur 1914 me United States, das saal ke construction ke baad, banae ke khalaas karis. ii canal 77 km (48 miles) lamba hae.