the Panama Canal

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:canal
gptkbp:bordering_countries gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkb:Moldova
gptkb:Indonesia
gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkb:Argentina
gptkb:Armenia
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Austria
gptkb:Bahrain
gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:Brazil
gptkb:Cambodia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Chile
gptkb:China
gptkb:Colombia
gptkb:Denmark
gptkb:Estonia
gptkb:Finland
gptkb:France
gptkb:Georgia
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Greece
gptkb:India
gptkb:Ireland
gptkb:Israel
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Jordan
gptkb:Kazakhstan
gptkb:Kuwait
gptkb:Laos
gptkb:Lebanon
gptkb:Malaysia
gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:Myanmar
gptkb:Nepal
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:Norway
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkb:Philippines
gptkb:Portugal
gptkb:Qatar
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:Saudi_Arabia
gptkb:Singapore
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Spain
gptkb:Sweden
gptkb:Switzerland
gptkb:Syria
gptkb:Tajikistan
gptkb:Thailand
gptkb:Turkey
gptkb:Turkmenistan
gptkb:Ukraine
gptkb:United_Arab_Emirates
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Vietnam
gptkb:Bhutan
gptkb:Azerbaijan
gptkb:Belarus
gptkb:Brunei
gptkb:Iraq
gptkb:Kyrgyzstan
gptkb:Lithuania
gptkb:Maldives
gptkb:Mongolia
gptkb:Oman
gptkb:Panama
gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkb:Latvia
gptkb:Uzbekistan
gptkbp:connects gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:construction_cost $375 million
gptkbp:construction_started 10 years
gptkbp:cultural_significance symbol of engineering achievement
gptkbp:current_status operational
gptkbp:depth_of_the_canal 41 feet
gptkbp:economic_impact reduced travel time for ships
gptkbp:environmental_impact disruption of local ecosystems
gptkbp:expansion gptkb:Panama_Canal_Expansion_Project
June 26, 2016
gptkbp:features locks
gptkbp:geographical_feature gptkb:Culebra_Cut
gptkb:Gatun_Lake
gptkb:Mouth_of_the_Chagres_River
gptkbp:historical_event French attempt to build canal
U. S. construction of canal
transfer of control to Panama
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Ferdinand_de_Lesseps
gptkb:George_Washington_Goethals
gptkb:Manuel_Amador_Guerrero
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the Panama Canal
gptkbp:impact_on_global_trade facilitates international shipping
gptkbp:length approximately 50 miles
gptkbp:length_of_locks 110 feet
gptkbp:length_of_the_longest_lock_chamber 1,000 feet
gptkbp:location gptkb:Panama
gptkbp:notable_engineering_feature gptkb:Gaillard_Cut
gptkbp:opened August 15, 1914
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:Panama_Canal_Authority
gptkbp:originally_planned_by gptkb:France
gptkbp:passenger_traffic gptkb:naval_warfare
commercial shipping
tourist boats
over 14,000 ships
gptkbp:significance major shipping route
gptkbp:tourist_attraction gptkb:Panama_Canal_Miraflores_Locks
gptkbp:type artificial waterway
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3