Dortmund–Ems Canal
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The Dortmund–Ems Canal is a major German inland waterway linking the industrial Ruhr region with the North Sea via the River Ems, serving as an important route for commercial shipping.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dortmund–Ems Canal canonical | 7 |
| Dortmund-Ems Canal | 1 |
| Dortmund-Ems Canal system | 1 |
| Dortmund-Ems-Kanal | 1 |
| Ems Canal network | 1 |
| Ems-Hase canal area | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
inland waterway ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes ⓘ |
| cargoTypes |
agricultural products
ⓘ
building materials ⓘ coal ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| connectsIndustrialRegion | Ruhr area ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Dortmund
ⓘ
Ems ⓘ
surface form:
Ems River
North Sea ⓘ Ruhr area ⓘ
surface form:
Ruhr industrial region
|
| connectsToSea | North Sea via Ems River ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1892 ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| designedFor | linking Ruhr area to seaports ⓘ |
| economicImportance | important route for export and import of industrial goods ⓘ |
| endPoint |
Ems
ⓘ
surface form:
Ems River
|
| follows |
Ems River basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Ems River valley
|
| hasBridge |
numerous road bridges
ⓘ
railway bridges ⓘ |
| hasLock | multiple navigation locks ⓘ |
| hasUpgrade | sections modernized for larger vessels ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late 19th century industrialization ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 1899 ⓘ |
| languageOfName | German ⓘ |
| length | approximately 269 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lower Saxony
ⓘ
North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ Northern Germany ⓘ
surface form:
Northwestern Germany
|
| nativeLabel |
Dortmund–Ems Canal
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Dortmund-Ems-Kanal
|
| navigationType | barge navigation ⓘ |
| openedForTraffic | 1899 ⓘ |
| partOf | German inland waterway network ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Meppen
ⓘ
Münster ⓘ Rheine ⓘ |
| primaryTraffic | commercial shipping ⓘ |
| startPoint | Dortmund ⓘ |
| status | navigable ⓘ |
| use |
bulk cargo transport
ⓘ
container shipping ⓘ freight transport ⓘ |
| waterwayClass | major commercial shipping route ⓘ |
| waterwayNumber | Kanalstufe of the German federal waterways system ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ems Canal network
this entity surface form:
Dortmund-Ems Canal
this entity surface form:
Dortmund-Ems Canal system
this entity surface form:
Ems-Hase canal area
this entity surface form:
Dortmund-Ems-Kanal