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34 Unit 5, CHAPTER 18 NameDateCHAPTER18 GEOGRAPHY APPLICATION: PLACEG eography of the panama CanalDirections: Read the paragraphs below and study the map carefully. Then answer the questions that 4 The panama canal is essential to the UnitedStates. About 12,000 ships a year pass throughthe canal , 70 percent of them going to or from ship bound from New York to San Francisco,for example, enters the canal from the CaribbeanSea. The ship remains at sea level for the first fewmiles. Then it comes to a steplike series of threechambers called locks the Gatun Locks. Each fillswith water after the vessel enters, raising it about28 feet. The three locks lift the ship to the level ofGatun Lake, formed by Gatun Dam. (It takes 26million gallons of water from Gatun Lake to filleach lock. The lake does not run dry, however,because the region receives substantial rainfall andbecause Gatun Lake has backup water stored inMadden Lake.)
34 Unit 5, Chapter 18 Name Date 18CHAPTER GEOGRAPHY APPLICATION: PLACE Geography of the Panama Canal Directions: Read the paragraphs below and study the map carefully. Then answer the questions that follow. Section 4 T he Panama Canal is essential to the United States. About 12,000 ships a year pass through
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