Cuts (earthmoving)

artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt

canal in Peloponnese, Greece

thumb|right|A gas main being laid in a trench A trench is a type of excavation or depression in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide (as opposed to a swale or a bar ditch), and narrow compared with its length (as opposed to a simple hole or pit).

proposed canal between the Black and Marmara Seas

Valley that is part of the Panama Canal

where soil or rock material from a hill or mountain is cut out to make way for a canal, road or railway line

canals that according to tradition, were built by Queen Zenobia to channel water from the Orontes river in the Anti-Lebanon mountains to Palmyra

Earthmoving technique to minimize labor

Process for preventing the collapse of trenches