Gabkhan Channel is a canal connecting
Pirojpur District
Pirojpur District () is a district in south-western Bangladesh. It is a part of Barisal Division.
ফিরোজ সরদার ১৭০০ সালে এ অঞ্চলের গভীর বন জঙ্গল কেটে মানু ...
of
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...
with
Jhalakati District
Jhalokathi District officially Jhalakathi District, () is a district in southern Bangladesh. It is located in the Barisal Division and covers an area of 758.06 km2. It is bounded by Barisal district to the north, Barguna district to the east ...
.
The 18-kilometer long canal, the country's only man-made naval route, was excavated during the British rule in 1918 to connect the
Sandha River of Pirojpur district and the
Sugandha River
Sugandha River is a river in Bangladesh in the Barisal and Jhalokati districts. The length of the river is 21 km, and the average width is 400m. The identification number of the river given by the Bangladesh Water Development Board is River No ...
of Jhalakati district, reducing the distance on the Dhaka-Mongla and Chittagong-Mongla river routes by about .
The channel is known as the
Suez Canal
The Suez Canal (; , ') is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, Indo-Mediterranean, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest ...
of Bangladesh,
starting from
Kawkhali near the village of Ashoa.
References
Barishal Division
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