Starting from the Linqing hub in Shandong Province and connectingwith Huitong River,from the south to north,the South Canal wasthrough Dezhou of Shandong,and Dongguang,Botou,Cangxian,andQingxian of Hebei Province,to Jinghai County of Tianjin,andconnected ...[继续阅读]

    Zhanghe River and Hutuo River high in sediment concentrationconverged into the upper reaches of South Canal,which was the trunkstream of southern system of Haihe River,and on the other hand,thedifferential water level,the terrain gradient and the like wer...[继续阅读]

    (1) Statement of outstanding universal value【1】The Rideau Canal remains the best preserved example of aslackwater canal in North America demonstrating the use of Europeanslackwater technology in North America on a large scale.It is the onlycanal dating fr...[继续阅读]

    The South Canal,called Weihe River on the upper reaches of ShandongLinqing,originated from the east foothill of Taihang Mountainswithin the territory of Shanxi,and merged mainly with ZhangheRiver,Tuhai River,and Ziya River along the way.The multi-yearaver...[继续阅读]

    The Chinese Grand Canal was started to construct in the late of theSpring and Autumn Period and was the product of territory expansionby the vassal states.With the political and military demands,artificialwaterways were built and continuously improved,whi...[继续阅读]

    The Huaiyang Canal runs through Huaian and Yangzhou,twoprefecture-level cities in Jiangsu Province,with a total length of 160km.It is located in a low-lying area with a dense network of rivers andlakes and relatively rich water resources.Originating from ...[继续阅读]

    Linked with the Yangtze River in the north and the Qiantang River inthe south,the Jiangnan Canal runs through the Taihu Lake basin in thenorth-to-south directon.Topographically,the land elevation is higher in the west than inthe east,while it is higher in...[继续阅读]

    The Jiangnan Canal starts in Zhenjiang City of Jiangsu Province in thenorth and ends in Hangzhou City of Zhejiang Province in the southwith a total length of 340 km.It connects the Yangtze River,the TaihuLake and the Qiantang River,and is one of the reach...[继续阅读]

    The ground longitudinal slope was about 1‰ from Beijing toTongzhou.In the presence of continuous check gates of TonghuiCanal,the impedance caused by terrain elevation difference was solvedfor the heavily-loaded cao ships.On the other hand,the water curren...[继续阅读]

    The construction of the Wujiang Levee was started in the Tang Dynasty andcompleted in the Song Dynasty.Its completion determined the final routeof the canal between Suzhou and Wujiang,ended the history of usingthe Taihu Lake for the tribute rice transport...[继续阅读]