lateral canal

Japanese: lateral canal(英語表記)lateralcanal
lateral canal

In Europe and the United States, the former is called a barge canal and the latter a ship canal. In terms of their relationship to natural waterways, there are lateral canals, which are built on the side of rivers to avoid rapids, canals that connect two natural waterways across a watershed, and canals that connect inland river ports to the ocean. Furthermore, in terms of structure, there is a distinction between horizontal canals and stepped canals (lock canals).

*Some of the terminology that mentions "lateral canal" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…欧米では前者を〈はしけ用運河barge canal〉,後者を〈本船用運河ship canal〉として区別している。また天然の水路との関係からみれば,河川の急流部を避けて河川の側方につくられるラテラル運河lateral canal,分水界を越えて二つの自然水路を連ねるもの,内陸の河港と海洋を結ぶものなどがある。さらに構造上からは水平運河と階段状運河(閘門式運河)が区別される。…

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