The document discusses various means of transportation including waterways like lakes, canals, and important canals like the Suez Canal and Panama Canal. It provides details about the Panama Canal, including how it was built and signed over to the US in 1903, and how it generates hydroelectric power. The Panama Canal has brought commercial advantages to the US by connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and has earned revenue through toll taxes. Ocean transport is also discussed as the cheapest means of international trade, with specifics provided about the important North Atlantic ocean route that connects North America and Northwestern Europe.

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Transport

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Introduction
 Transport provides a link between consumer and the
producer .
 The topography and climatic conditions have direct
effect upon development means transportation.

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Means of transportation
• Water Ways
• Lakes
• Canals
• Suez canal
• Panama canal
• Ocean routes
• North Atlantic ocean Route
• The North pacific route

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Panama canal
• On 81th November, 1903 a treaty between U.S.A and
Panama was signed to build and operate a canal
connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
• Two new treaties between Panama and U.S.A were
agreed on 10th
Augest and signed on 7th
September
1977.
• The Panama canal generates its own hydro-electric
power.
• U.S.A has a great benefit of Panama Canal.

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Merits
• The most important effect has been bring the eastern
and western sea.
• The panama canal has given the united states
commercial advantage in the pacific over the European
countries.
• The panama canal authority earned the revenue as toll
tax in 1984 was 350 Million dollars.

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Ocean Transport
• Ocean are the main high way for international trade.
• Ocean transport considered as the cheapest means of
transportation.
Ocean routes
• The ships have freedom to move in ocean

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North Atlantic ocean
route
• This is the most important ocean routes of the world.
• It connects eastern north American countries with
North western Europe.
• Most of the world’s ships pass through this route.

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Advantages
• Much contributed to the development of industries and
expansion of population.
• Major ports of the world are found on this route
• It easy access to the fuel, because coal and petrol are
found in abundance in Eastern America, western
Europe and U.S.A
• The water of this ocean is free from snow.

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