Grand Canal, series of waterways in eastern and northern China that link Hangzhou in Zhejiang province with Beijing. Some 1,800 kilometers (1,100 miles) in length, it is the world’s longest constructed waterway, though, strictly speaking, not all of it is a canal. Learn more about the history of the Grand Canal.

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