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First of all, I believe this should be called a canal, since rivers are naturally formed and canals built. > Spanning a length of 114 kilometers, Even the Mit

by sva_ 4y ago

First of all, I believe this should be called a canal, since rivers are naturally formed and canals built. > Spanning a length of 114 kilometers, Even the Mittelland Canal in Germany is 326km[0], so how it it the largest 'manmade river' in the world? 0. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittelland_Canal https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittelland_Canal

Cthulhu_ 4y ago
Sounds like marketing; if they call it a canal there's longer ones, if they call it a river it has its own definitions. Or something.
jascii 4y ago
Being "naturally formed" isn't a requirement to be a river. Being gravity fed and naturally flowing is. A canal doesn't have significant flow.
- sva_ 4y ago
  But would you really call this concrete structure you see in the picture a river?
  - EngManagerIsMe 4y ago
    If the LA River is any historical precedent, yes.
  - rjbwork 4y ago
    If the LA River can be a river, why not?
    - sva_ 4y ago
      The flow of water was there before the concrete constructions were made, I guess?
      - jascii 4y ago
        Not necessarily. It's common practice to built structure to control and redirect rivers around developments. That doesn't stop it from being a river.
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