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Transport and Communication
Study the map given below and answer the questions that follow:
A. Name the shipping canal show in the map.
B. Name the northern most and southern most portcities of this canal.
C. Which two centiments have made more use of this canal?
D. Name the country through which this canal passes.
E. Which two seas are connected by this canal?
F. Write two points of importance of this canal.
G. What do the railway lines and fresh water canal indicates about the relief of the region shown in the map?
H. How did relief help in reducing the cost of construction of this shipping canal?
A. Swez Canal
B. Northern most portcity is port said. Sourthern most port city is port Suez
C. Europe and Asia
D. Egypt
E. Red sea and Mediterranean sea
F. (a) It reduces the sea route distance between Europe and Asian countries.
(b) European countries like Britain use the route to obtain raw material from Asian countries. It saves time and fuel.
G. It shows that the relief is desert where this canal passes.
H. It is a sea level canal without locks. The relief does not obstacle in the construction of this canal.
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