When waterways run dry, animals may seek out drinking water from places where people live, increasing the likelihood of contact between humans with wildlife and any disease-carrying insects they host.
In the present case study, we compared the floristic, functional and structural diversity of the floodplain and the respective adjacent areas of the river Ems and the Dortmund Ems canal in North Western Germany, since both waterways run in parallel and are hydrologically connected.
The two waterways run roughly parallel for several miles.
Ghent-Terneuzen Canal, waterway running 31 km (19 miles) south to north between Ghent, Belg., and the Western Schelde estuary at Terneuzen, Neth.
Caledonian Canal, waterway running southwest to northeast across the Glen Mor fault of northern Scotland and connecting the North Sea with the North Atlantic Ocean.
Suez Canal, Arabic Qanāt al-Suways, sea-level waterway running north-south across the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt to connect the Mediterranean and the Red seas.
The bay has always been Rhode Island's greatest asset, providing a convenient waterway running two-thirds the length of the state.
Professor Taylor has defended his study, which makes a case that the Illinois waterway running into Lake Michigan is hardly the vital economic lifeline that the Illinois Chamber and other defenders insist it is.
It consists of the former Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, a waterway running along the Potomac River between Washington, D.C., and Cumberland, Md. Construction of the canal, which extends 184.5 miles (297 km), began in the late 1820s.
