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haele

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5. The freshwater lake in between is critical for passage across the mountains.

Reply to msongs (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 6, 2023, 08:10 PM

Aug 2023

Panama canal is nothing like the Suez. It's a 10 hour trip through locks, and 50 mile lock and canal system just can't be backfilled filled with seawater without destroying the rainforest environment around it.
I've been through the big ditch 4 times. It's 90% jungle an 10% Lake Gatun, which also supplies most of the electricity for the Canal Zone.

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