Contour canal
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Contour canal
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A contour canal is an artificially-dug navigable canal which closely follows the contour line of the land it traverses, in order to avoid costly engineering works such as: Digging a cutting or tunnel through higher ground;
Building an embankment or aqueduct over lower ground, or;
Constructing a canal lock to change the level of the canal. Because of this, these canals are characterised by their meandering course. In the United Kingdom, many of the canals built in the period from 1770 to 1800 wer
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2023-06-26T14:13:23Z
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