Forty five years after the U.S. first considered building a canal through Central ... builds up in height and strength. The Gatun upper locks, mid-construction, Courtesy: National Archives ...

According to Ayax Murillo Burgos, Hydrology Manager of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), Gatun Lake is at 86.50 ... of recycling tanks in the Neopanamax locks saves 60% of the water per lock ...

A video released from the US Coast Guard shows how one of its vessels travels through the Panama Canal ... lock raises the ships until they're 85 feet above sea level. They then travel across ...

The Panama Canal ... that drains toward the canal's human-made lakes, Gatun and Alajuela. About 65% of the water that flows from the watershed today goes to operate the locks.

Water levels in Gatun Lake, the rainfall-fed principal reservoir that floats ships through the Panama Canal’s lock system, have “continued to decline to unprecedented levels for this time of ...

The Panama Canal is one of the most important waterways in the world, with about 7% of global trade passing through. It also relies heavily on rainfall. Without enough freshwater flowing in, the canal ...