Key facts
- Length
- 325.7 km (202 mi)
- Start point
- Dortmund-Ems Canal at Hörstel near Rheine , Germany
- End point
- Elbe River and Elbe-Havel Canal near Magdeburg , Germany
- Beginning coordinates
- 52°16′37″N 7°36′18″E / 52.27694°N 7.60500°E / 52.27694; 7.60500
- Ending coordinates
- 52°14′46″N 11°44′49″E / 52.24611°N 11.74694°E / 52.24611; 11.74694
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Encyclopedic overview
52°25′16″N 9°42′4″E / 52.42111°N 9.70111°E / 52.42111; 9.70111
The Mittelland Canal, also known as the Midland Canal, (German: Mittellandkanal, German: [ˈmɪtl̩lantkaˌnaːl] ) is a major canal in central Germany. It forms an important link in the waterway network of the country, providing the principal east-west inland waterway connection. Its significance goes beyond Germany as it links France, Switzerland and the Benelux countries with Poland, the Czech Republic and the Baltic Sea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mittelland Canal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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