Brussels–Charleroi Canal

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General data

Name: Brussels–Charleroi Canal
Water system: Scheldt
Water type: Canal
Progression: Zeekanaal Brussel-Schelde -> Scheldt -> North Sea -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Temperate
Continents: Europe
Countries: Belgium

The Brussels–Charleroi Canal (Kanaal Brussel-Charleroi), also known as the Charleroi Canal amongst other similar names, is an important canal in Belgium.

The canal is quite large, with a Class IV Freycinet gauge, and its Walloon portion is 47.9 kilometres long. It runs from Charleroi (Wallonia) in the south to Brussels in the north.

The canal is part of a north–south axis of water transport in Belgium, whereby the north of France (via the Canal du Centre) including Lille and Dunkirk and important waterways in the south of Belgium including the Sambre valley and the sillon industriel are linked to the port of Antwerp in the north, via the Brussels–Scheldt Maritime Canal, which meets the Brussels–Charleroi Canal at the Sainctelette area of Brussels.

Brussels–Charleroi Canal

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