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[5] [6] [7] At 37.9 km (23.5 miles), it has the longest underwater section of any tunnel in the world and is the third-longest railway tunnel in the world. The speed limit for trains through the tunnel is 160 km/h (99 mph). [8] The tunnel is owned and operated by Getlink, formerly Groupe Eurotunnel.
Total length of waterways per country in kilometers. This is a list of waterways, defined as navigable rivers, canals, estuaries, lakes, or firths.In practice, and depending on the language, the term "waterway" covers maritime or inland transport routes, as suggested by "way".
Orange–Fish River Tunnel: South Africa 82,800 m (51.450 mi) 1972 Longest continuous enclosed aqueduct in the Southern Hemisphere (22.5 m 2 cross section). Built to divert water from the Orange River to the Great Fish River. Water supply Bolmen Water Tunnel: Kronoberg/Scania, Sweden 82,000 m (50.952 mi) 1987 8 m 2 cross section Metro
Pearl River Tunnel 珠江隧道 [12] China 36.043 km (22.4 mi) 2021 Guangzhou–Foshan circular intercity railway: Duomuge Tunnel 多木格隧道 [9] China (Tibet) 36 km (22.4 mi) 2030 Nyingchi–Ya'an railway Gaoligongshan Tunnel: China 34.5 km (21.5 mi) 2022 Dali-Ruili Railway: Chukyo Area Tunnel No.1 [11] Japan
The border of Europe and Asia is here defined as from the Kara Sea, along the Ural Mountains and Ural River to the Caspian Sea.While the crest of the Caucasus Mountains is the geographical border with Asia in the south, Georgia, and to a lesser extent Armenia and Azerbaijan, are politically and culturally often associated with Europe; rivers in these countries are therefore included.
In particular, there seems to exist disagreement as to whether the Nile [3] or the Amazon [4] is the world's longest river. The Nile has traditionally been considered longer, but in 2007 and 2008 some scientists claimed that the Amazon is longer [5] [6] [7] by measuring the river plus the adjacent Pará estuary and the longest connecting tidal ...
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LeShuttle [1] (formerly Eurotunnel Le Shuttle and also known as The Shuttle) is a railway shuttle service between Calais in France and Folkestone in the United Kingdom. It conveys road vehicles (including cars, bicycles and motorcycles) and passengers (including some animals) by rail through the Channel Tunnel .