Longest Canals (Artificial Rivers) in the World

Canals are man-made water channels built for different purpose including irrigation, shipping, local transportation, control flood and recently for tourism. Canals are generally designed for connecting between the rivers, lakes, cities and ocean to access easily. The cities in the ancient and middle age well connected with channels of water which makes it the easiest way of transportation at that time. The Panama Canal is not listed in the top but that connecting Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean that saves huge time, transportation expenses for ships and Panama Canal is one of the Engineering Wonders in the World. Grand Canal in China is the longest canal in the world stretched 1776 km with 24 locks.

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