OCEANS - SEAS

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Corinth Canal, Greece2

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Panama Canal Locks,USA3

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Transit cost: approx. $400,000 for fully loaded (with containers) ships. Cost varies depending on type of ship.2) Locks raise ships 26 metres due to the 8 inches water level difference between Pacific (which is higher) and Atlantic Ocean.3

Straits4

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Suez Canal, Egypt5

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Gibraltar Strait, PortugalKorea Strait6

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Do we need canals and straits?7

Canals + straits faster and safer sea transport

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Cause and effect chart7

Magellan, Portuguese navigator (1480-1521)8

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Magellans circumnavigation (1522 -1519)9

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Magellans ship Victoria and replica10

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