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The Suez Canal is a waterway in Egypt that stretches for more than 100 miles. It connects the Mediterranean and Red seas shortening the travel distance from Western Europe to ports in East Africa and Asia. After it opened in 1869, European ships no longer had to sail around the southern tip of Africa. The canal reduced the trip from England to India by over 5,000 miles. The canal averaged between one and two ships per day in its first year of operation and travel time averaged about 40 hour. Today, oil tankers and cargo ships make up most of the canal’s traffic with a travel time of 14 hours.
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