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> It runs vertically between Egypt and the rest of the Middle East (...) Pretty sure it runs horizontally. Vertical channel would be called waterfall.
by lmilcin 6y ago
> It runs vertically between Egypt and the rest of the Middle East (...)
Pretty sure it runs horizontally. Vertical channel would be called waterfall.
- Cerium 6y agoThe Panama canal has some vertical portions, but the Suez has none.
- s0rce 6y agoI guess a vertical navigable canal is a lock.
- lmilcin 6y agoYou can also have a lift. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel
- alphachloride 6y agoVertically when you look at it on a map, where north is facing up. But we both knew that.
- macintux 6y agoMy science teacher in middle school insisted rivers didn’t flow north, because on a globe north was up. Yes, we tried showing her the Nile.
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- lmilcin 6y agoYou are ruining the joke due to lack of sense of humor. Also: What if north is facing down? What if map is not on a wall but on a table? What if map is not oriented not in north-south direction?
- alphachloride 6y agoYou're right. I thought you were being a pedant, and I stand corrected. Vertical is a relative orientation, so the usage applies in all of the cases you indicated.