Trump has been talking about getting the Panama Canal back, but we really need to build a new canal across Central America without locks. The Panama Canal is too slow and too small to accommodate today's large container ships and oil tankers. This time the US buys the land instead of leasing it for 99 years.
The large Lake Nicaragua on the Nicaragua-Costa Rica border. The San Juan River drains the lake along the border to the east into the Atlantic Ocean. This provides the pathway for most of the proposed canal. Then another short canal with locks will need to be built from Lake Nicaragua to the Pacific Ocean.
The large Lake Nicaragua on the Nicaragua-Costa Rica border. The San Juan River drains the lake along the border to the east into the Atlantic Ocean. This provides the pathway for most of the proposed canal. Then another short canal with locks will need to be built from Lake Nicaragua to the Pacific Ocean.
