The Brussels-Charleroi Canal, also known as the Charleroi
Canal amongst other similar names, (French: canal Bruxelles-Charleroi,
canal Charleroi or others) is an important canal in Belgium. The canal
is quite large, with a Class IV Freycinet gauge, and its Wallonian portion
is 47.9 kilometres (29.8 mi) long. It runs from Charleroi in the south
to Brussels in the north. It 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 sillon industriel are linked to the port of Antwerp
in the north, via the Brussels-Scheldt Canal.
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