Rhine–Main–Danube Canal
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49.90785°N 10.85608°E / 49.90785; 10.85608 (Hafen Bamberg) 49.88067°N 10.90796°E / 49.88067; 10.90796 (Bamberg lock) 49.83847°N 10.95619°E / 49.83847; 10.95619 (Strullendorf lock) 49.74461°N 11.04753°E / 49.74461; 11.04753 (Forchheim lock) 49.68601°N 11.03893°E / 49.68601; 11.03893 (Hausen lock) 49.62371°N 10.98035°E / 49.62371; 10.98035 (Erlangen lock) 49.55640°N 10.97002°E / 49.55640; 10.97002 (Kriegenbrunn lock) 49.41557°N 11.05696°E / 49.41557; 11.05696 (Nürnberg lock) 49.39177°N 11.06448°E / 49.39177; 11.06448 (Hafen Nürnberg) 49.38559°N 11.06440°E / 49.38559; 11.06440 (Eibach lock) 49.29206°N 11.11177°E / 49.29206; 11.11177 (Leerstetten lock) 49.21103°N 11.17646°E / 49.21103; 11.17646 (Eckersmühlen lock) 49.19453°N 11.22501°E / 49.19453; 11.22501 (Hilpoltstein lock)
49.15195°N 11.43652°E / 49.15195; 11.43652 (Bachhausen lock) 49.09100°N 11.44397°E / 49.09100; 11.44397 (Berching lock) 49.03263°N 11.56133°E / 49.03263; 11.56133 (Dietfurt lock) 48.97482°N 11.68766°E / 48.97482; 11.68766 (Riedenburg lock) 48.92418°N 11.85145°E / 48.92418; 11.85145 (Kelheim lock) 48.91034°N 11.90454°E / 48.91034; 11.90454 (Altmühl mouth)
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Rhein-Main-Danube Canal | |
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Specifications | |
Length | 171 km (106 mi) |
Maximum boat length | 190 m (623 ft) |
Maximum boat beam | 11.45 m (38 ft) |
Maximum boat draft | 4 m (13 ft) |
Locks | 16 |
Maximum height above sea level | 406 metres (1,332 ft) |
Total rise | North: 175 metres (574 ft); South: 68 metres (223 ft) |
Navigation authority | Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration [de] |
History | |
Date completed | 1992 |
Geography | |
Start point | Main at Bamberg, Germany |
End point | Danube at Kelheim, Germany |
The Rhine–Main–Danube Canal (German: Rhein-Main-Donau-Kanal; also called Main-Danube Canal, RMD Canal or Europa Canal), is a canal in Bavaria, Germany. Connecting the Main and the Danube rivers across the European Watershed, it runs from Bamberg via Nuremberg to Kelheim. The canal connects the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean to the Black Sea, providing a navigable artery between the Rhine delta (at Rotterdam in the Netherlands), and the Danube Delta in south-eastern Romania and south-western Ukraine (or Constanța, through the Danube–Black Sea Canal). The present canal was completed in 1992 and is 171 kilometres (106 mi) long.