Charlemagne's summit canal: an early medieval hydro-engineering project for passing the Central European Watershed.

Charlemagne's summit canal: an early medieval hydro-engineering project for passing the Central European Watershed.

The Central European Watershed divides the Rhine-Main catchment and the Danube catchment. In the Early Medieval period, when ships were important means of transportation, Charlemagne decided to link both catchments by the construction of a canal connecting the Schwabian Rezat and the Altmühl rivers....

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Main Authors: Christoph Zielhofer, Eva Leitholdt, Lukas Werther, Andreas Stele, Jens Bussmann, Sven Linzen, Michael Schneider, Cornelius Meyer, Stefanie Berg-Hobohm, Peter Ettel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4177111?pdf=render

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