Identify the correct statements about the characteristics of Panama Canal.
A. This canal connects the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean.
B. This canal was constructed in 1869 by Panama Government.
C. It has a six-lock system.
D. It shortens the distance between New York and San Francisco.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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The Panama Canal This canal connects the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west.
It has been constructed across the Panama Isthmus between Panama City and Colon by the U.S. government which purchased 8 km of area on either side and named it the Canal Zone.
The Canal is about 72 km. long and involves a very Fig. 7.10 : Suez Canal Rationalised 2023-24 64 Fundamentals of Human Geography deep cutting for a length of 12 km.
It has a sixlock system and ships cross the different levels (26 m up and down) through these locks before entering the Gulf of Panama.
It shortens the distance between New York and San Francisco by 13,000 km by sea. Likewise the distance between Western Europe and the West-coast of U.S.A.; and North-eastern and Central U.S.A. and East and South-east Asia is shortened.
THEREFORE THE CORRECT OPTION IS [2].
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