The Kiel Canal of Germany connects the North Sea with which sea?
- A.The Baltic Sea
- B.The Black Sea
- C.The Caspian Sea
- D.The Norwegian Sea
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, the Baltic Sea. The Kiel Canal is cut across the neck of the Jutland peninsula in northern Germany and allows ships to pass between the North Sea and the Baltic without sailing all the way round Denmark, saving several hundred kilometres and avoiding the rough waters off the Skagerrak. It is one of the busiest artificial waterways in the world by number of vessels, carrying a large volume of short-haul European traffic. B, the Black Sea is reached from the Mediterranean through the Bosporus and the Dardanelles, which are natural straits. C, the Caspian Sea is landlocked and is linked to the Baltic by the Volga-Baltic waterway, not by the Kiel Canal. D, the Norwegian Sea lies north of the North Sea and needs no canal to be reached.
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