Elbe Lateral Canal
E720015
The Elbe Lateral Canal is a major German shipping canal that provides an important north–south freight route by linking the Elbe River with the country’s broader inland waterway system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elbe Lateral Canal canonical | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
inland waterway
ⓘ
shipping canal ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Elbe-Seitenkanal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsRegion |
North Sea ports
ⓘ
central Germany ⓘ eastern Germany ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Elbe River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Germany’s inland waterway network ⓘ Mittelland Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1968 ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endPoint | Wolfsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Lüneburg Heath region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLock | Uelzen Lock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasShipLift | Scharnebeck ship lift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Scharnebeck twin ship lift
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Uelzen Lock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 1976 ⓘ |
| length | about 115 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lower Saxony
ⓘ
Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ |
| maximumDraught | about 2.8 m ⓘ |
| maximumVesselBeam | about 11.4 m ⓘ |
| maximumVesselLength | about 110 m ⓘ |
| operator | Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
freight transport
ⓘ
north–south shipping route ⓘ |
| role | bypass for the shallow and flood-prone lower Elbe ⓘ |
| startPoint | Artlenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterwayClass | Class IV European waterway ⓘ |
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