Culebra Cut

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/culebra-cut

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the location?Panama, cutting through the Continental Divide
2. What is the water level?26 meters (85 feet) above sea level
3. How long is the Culebra Cut?It is about 12.6 kilometers (7.8 miles) long.
4. Why was the Culebra Cut built?It was built to make the Panama Canal work, so ships could go straight across Panama instead of sailing all the way around South America.

Continental Divide: A hydrological boundary that separates drainage basins, typically forming a high ridge.
Maritime Logistics: The planning, implementation, and control of the efficient, effective forward and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between point of origin and point of consumption.
Sovereignty: Supreme power or authority; the authority of a state to govern itself or another state.
Nomenclature: The devising or choosing of names for things, especially in a science or other discipline.