Main-Danube Canal (Europa Canal)
November 2nd 2013 Geo: 49.2106, 11.1773This 171km German canal (completed in 1992 at a cost of €2.3B) connects the Main and Danube Rivers over the Continental Divide/European Watershed. 16 locks raise and lower the waterway to a summit of 406m above sea level, the highest point on earth accessible by sea-going watercraft. These are the narrowest locks on the route and three of them each connect a height d
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