Canals of the world

1,285 canals across 6 continents and 80+ countries — from the Panama and Suez canals and the waterways of Venice to shipping and irrigation canals worldwide. Data from Wikidata (CC0); summaries from Wikipedia.

The oldest canals in the world

Asia 160

Ab-i Gargar Iran Abohar Branch Punjab, India Aflaj Irrigation System of Oman Oman Agra Canal India Ainsley canal India Alexandra Canal, Singapore Central Region, Singapore Anupgarh canal Rajasthan, India Ara Canal Geomdan District, South Korea Ariake West Canal Daiba, Japan Arrah Canal Bhojpur district, India Baladeh Qanat Ferdows County, Iran Bambawali-Ravi-Bedian Canal Pakistan Bargarh Main Canal India Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal Shandong, China Beijing–Miyun Diversion Canal Miyun District, China Boghra Irrigation Canal Afghanistan Buckingham Canal Chennai district, India Bảo Định Canal Vietnam Canal Solar Power Project Mehsana district, India Canal dos Patos Macau, China Chandra Canal Saptari District, Nepal Chashma Right Bank Canal Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Chianan Irrigation Taiwan Chienchen River Kaohsiung, Taiwan Conolly Canal India Deokali Canal India Dubai Water Canal Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dujaila River Kut District, Iraq Dujayl Canal Iraq Dujiangyan Dujiangyan City, China Durgavati Canal India Eastern Zhejiang Canal Zhejiang, China Feeder Canal (Farakka) India Fukara Irrigation Canal Susono, Japan Funan Techo Canal Cambodia Gabkhan Channel Bangladesh Ganges Canal Uttarakhand, India Ganges Canal Punjab, India Gargar Canal Shushtar County, Iran Gogera Branch Punjab, Pakistan Gorai canal Bangladesh Great Chüy Canal Kyrgyzstan Great Farg'ona Canal Tajikistan Hamilton Canal Sri Lanka Handri-Neeva Andhra Pradesh, India Hori River Nagoya, Japan Indian Rivers Inter-link India Indira Gandhi Canal India

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Americas 285

17th Street Canal Louisiana, United States Acequia Madre Las Vegas, United States Acequia Madre United States Acequia Madre de Valero Texas, United States Adventure Sports Center International Maryland, United States Ala Wai Canal Honolulu, United States Alamo Canal Mexico Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Chesapeake, United States All-American Canal California, United States American Canal Brazoria County, United States Amoskeag Falls New Hampshire, United States Appleton Locks 1–3 Appleton, United States Aqueduct Bridge Washington, D.C., United States Arizona Canal Maricopa County, United States Assawoman Canal Delaware, United States Auburn Tunnel Pennsylvania, United States Augusta Canal Augusta, United States Back Channel, Port of Long Beach Los Angeles County, United States Beardsley Canal California, United States Beardstown and Sangamon Canal United States Beauharnois Canal Montérégie, Canada Beaver and Erie Canal Crawford County, United States Bellows Falls Canal Windham County, United States Billings Bench Water Association Canal Montana, United States Black River Canal New York, United States Blackstone Canal Rhode Island, United States Bricktown Canal United States Broad Brook Canal Massachusetts, United States Broad Canal Massachusetts, United States Brunswick–Altamaha canal United States Buena Vista Canal California, United States Burbank Western Channel Los Angeles County, United States Bío-Bío Canal Chile Cal-Sag Channel Cook County, United States Calcasieu Ship Channel Louisiana, United States California Aqueduct Kern County, United States California Powder Works United States Calloway Canal California, United States Calumet Feeder Canal United States Canal Lauca Arica y Parinacota Region, Chile Canal Mauri Tacna Department, Peru Canal Nacional Mexico City, Mexico Canal San Carlos Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile Canal Uchusuma Tacna Department, Peru Canal de l'Aqueduc Quebec, Canada Canal del Dique Atlántico Department, Colombia Canaveral Barge Canal Brevard County, United States Canso Canal Canada

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Europe 803

Aberdare Canal Glamorgan, United Kingdom Aberdeenshire Canal Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom Acequia Mayor Aljufía Region of Murcia, Spain Achtergracht Amsterdam, Netherlands Adelphi Canal United Kingdom Afgedamde Maas North Brabant, Netherlands Afwateringskanaal 's-Hertogenbosch-Drongelen North Brabant, Netherlands Agen aqueduct Le Passage, France Aiguille Aqueduct Puichéric, France Aire and Calder Navigation Leeds, United Kingdom Albert Canal Belgium Aller Canal Gifhorn, Germany Almond Aqueduct City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Amstel North Holland, Netherlands Amsterdam–Rhine Canal Netherlands Andover Canal Hampshire, United Kingdom Anjeliersgracht Amsterdam, Netherlands Anson Branch Walsall, United Kingdom Aqueduct Veluwemeer Harderwijk, Netherlands Arbury Canals United Kingdom Argent-Double Aqueduct La Redorte, France Ashby Canal Leicestershire, United Kingdom Ashton Canal Greater Manchester, United Kingdom Augustów Canal Horadnia Region, Belarus Avon Aqueduct Muiravonside, United Kingdom Avon Ring United Kingdom Avoncliff Aqueduct Winsley, United Kingdom Ayguesvives Aqueduct Ayguesvives, France BCN Main Line United Kingdom Barnsley Canal United Kingdom Barton Swing Aqueduct Salford, United Kingdom Basingstoke Canal United Kingdom Basse Pyrénées-Orientales, France Bassin de la Villette 19th arrondissement of Paris, France Bath Locks Bath and North East Somerset, United Kingdom Batschke Leipzig District, Germany Baybridge Canal United Kingdom Baťa Canal Hodonín District, Slovakia Beat Bank Branch Canal United Kingdom Beatrix Canal Eindhoven, Netherlands Beaumont Cut Thorpe-le-Soken, United Kingdom Bega canal Serbia Belozersky Canal Russia Bentley Canal United Kingdom Bergsche Maas North Brabant, Netherlands Berlin-Spandau Ship Canal Bezirk Mitte, Germany Berwick Tunnel Upton Magna, United Kingdom Beverley Beck United Kingdom

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Africa 19

Abidjan Lagoon Drainage Canal Abidjan, Ivory Coast Bahr Yussef Faiyum Governorate, Egypt Canal d'Asagny Ivory Coast Canal de Vridi Ivory Coast Canal des Pangalanes Madagascar Cocody Flood Canal Cocody, Ivory Coast El Salam Canal Egypt Fez River Fez, Morocco Guédiawaye Stormwater Channel Guédiawaye, Senegal Ibrahimiya Canal Egypt MacGregor canal Nigeria Mahmoudiyah Canal Beheira Governorate, Egypt Mataheko Drainage Channel Greater Accra Region, Ghana Nairobi River Drainage Channel Nairobi City County, Kenya New Suez Canal Egypt Nima Drainage Channel Ayawaso North Municipal District, Ghana Pikine Drainage Network Senegal Soweto Stormwater Channel South Africa Suez Canal Suez Governorate, Egypt

Oceania 13

Alexandra Canal New South Wales, Australia Birrega Main Drain Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Australia Burswood canal Town of Victoria Park, Australia Canning Contour Channel (former) City of Gosnells, Australia Coode Canal Victoria, Australia Denison Canal Tasmania, Australia Hawthorne Canal New South Wales, Australia Mulwala Canal New South Wales, Australia Peel Main Drain City of Rockingham, Australia Penrith Whitewater Stadium New South Wales, Australia Rangitata Diversion Race New Zealand Schulz Canal Queensland, Australia Upper Canal System New South Wales, Australia