Longest Canals (Artificial River) in the World

Canals are man-made Water channels for different purpose such as irrigation, Shipping, Local transportation, Control Flood and recently uses for tourism. Canals are most typically designs for connecting between the rivers, lakes, Cities and Ocean for easy access. Canals have long history they are developed and maintained hundreds of years by dynasties to nowadays governments. The cities in the ancient and middle age well connected with channels of water that’s the easiest way of transportation for that time. The Panama Canal is not listed in top but that connecting Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean that saves huge time and transportation expenses for ships and Panama Canal is one of the Engineering wonders in the World that has huge locks for huge ships. In the list below are shows the longest canals all time, which includes shipping and irrigation.

The Following list of Longest Canals or Artificial Rivers in the World.

Rank	Name of Canal	Length	Connection	Country	Locks
1	Grand Canal	1,776 Km	Beijing-Hebei-Shandong-Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Hagzhou	China	24
2	Qaraqum Canal	1,375 Km	Amu Darya-Karakum Desert	Russia
3	Saimaa Canal	814 Km	SaimaGulf of Finland	Russia	8
4	Eurasia Canal	700 Km	Black Sea-Kuma Manych Depression	Russia	13
5	Manych Ship Canal	700 km	Black Sea-Caspian Sea	Russia	6
6	Erie canal	584 km	Albany-New York-Buffalo	USA	36
7	Grand Union Canal	461 Km	London-Birmingham	England	236
8	Nara Canal	364 km	Sukkur Barrage-Khaipur, Sanghar-Districts	Pakistan
9	Rhone–Rhine Canal	349 km	Rhine-Rhone, North Sea-Mediterranean	France
10	Marne–Rhine Canal	313 Km	Rhine, Marne, Meuse River, Moselle River, Canal des houillères de la Sarre	France	154
11	Leeds and Liverpool Canal	204 Km	Leeds-Liverpool	England	91
12	Suez Canal	193.5 Km	Mediterranean Sea-Red Sea	Egypt	0
13	Gota Canal	190 Km	Gothenburg	Swedan

Note: The list of ranking mentioned above is collection of known longest canals, some of the unconfirmed Canals are not listed in the list.