Grand Canal of China
No artificial waterway is longer: the main stem runs about 1,776 km from Beijing to Hangzhou. Older sections were joined into one network under the Sui emperor Yang.
Dated events and their evidence
- 609 CE disputed
the Sui network is finished; its oldest parts go back to the 5th century BCE source
Where
30.2614° N, 120.2239° E
At the southern end, in Hangzhou. It stands for a work about 1,776 km long.
Sources
- https://english.beijing.gov.cn/beijinginfo/culture/culturaltreasures/sevenculture/202401/t20240111_3532608.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canal_(China)
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