Canals
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Ahwar of Southern Iraq | Uruk | |
| Al Zubarah | sea canal | |
| Al-Ahsa Oasis | drainage canals | |
| Amsterdam Canal Ring | ||
| Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque | ||
| Ayutthaya | Ayutthaya Historic Zone has many canals and waterways | |
| Bali Subak system | for water management | |
| Bamberg | The inscribed centre includes some remains of the "Ludwig Canal" including "Lock 100" and quays/old cranes alongside the street "Am Kanal". The Ludwig Canal was built between 1836/46 as the first attempt to link the Main and Danube. See | |
| Banska Stiavnica | Network of canals connecting the water reservoirs | |
| Beemster Polder | ||
| Blaenavon Industrial Landscape | Brecknock and Abergavenny canal | |
| Brugge | ||
| Canal du Midi | ||
| City of Bath | Kennet and Avon Canal | |
| Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape | Tavistock canal | |
| Defence Line of Amsterdam | "... canals nave been built to drain the land" (AB ev) | |
| Derwent Valley Mills | ||
| Ferrara | Canale San Nicolo-Medelana | |
| Fontainebleau | Henry IV pierced the wooded park with a 1200m canal (wiki) | |
| Fort and Shalamar Gardens | ||
| Fortifications of Vauban | Neuf-Brisach | |
| Frontiers of the Roman Empire | Antonine Wall: when a new section of the Union Canal was built in 2000 a Tunnel was built under the wall to avoid damaging it. | |
| Grand Canal | Includes 10 main sections of canals | |
| Ironbridge Gorge | Shropshire Canal | |
| Las Medulas | Roman canals | |
| Liverpool | Leeds and Liverpool Canal (via Stanley Dock) | |
| Mexico City and Xochimilco | Xochimilco | |
| Mount Athos | Xerxes Canal (now only remains) | |
| Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal | ||
| Provins | "Some of the canals have been covered, but most still remain as in the Middle Ages." | |
| Rammelsberg and Goslar | Oberharzer Gräben | |
| Rideau Canal | ||
| Saltaire | Leeds and Liverpool canal | |
| Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca | Especially important in the low sector is the presence of a great canal 350 meters long, with systems of baths and pools for collecting water (nom file - Pumapongo) | |
| Shushtar | ||
| Sian Ka'an | Recently, a 24 km Mayan artificial canal was discovered (Unesco website) | |
| Solovetsky Islands | Made by monks between the 16th and the 20th centuries, the canals connect over 60 lakes on Bolshoi Solovetsky Island. | |
| Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District | "Speicherstadt, the “city of warehouses,” includes....... a connecting network of canals and bridges" (AB) | |
| St. Petersburg | Kronstadt - The Peter and Catherine Canals, Ligovsky Canal | |
| Stralsund and Wismar | The "Grube" in Wismar is "the last artificial mediaeval waterway to be preserved in an old city in Northern Germany" (Nom File) | |
| Studley Royal Park | The River Skell was straightened out into a canal | |
| The Four Lifts | Canal du Centre | |
| Venice and its Lagoon | ||
| Vienna | Danube canal | |
| Water Management System of Augsburg | network of canals |
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