The Griebnitz Canal, also known in German

German language

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 as the Griebnitzkanal or the Prinz-Friedrich-Leopold-Kanal, is a canal

Canal

Canals are man-made channels for water. There are two types of canal:#Waterways: navigable transportation canals used for carrying ships and boats shipping goods and conveying people, further subdivided into two kinds:...

 in the western suburbs of Berlin

Berlin

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, the capital city of Germany

Germany

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. It consists of a chain of small lakes, the Stölpchensee, Pohlesee and Kleiner Wannsee, together with artificial channels linking them together.

The canal connects the Griebnitzsee

Griebnitzsee

Griebnitzsee is a lake in the western outskirts of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. At an elevation of 29.4 m, its surface area is ca. 0.592 km². The lake forms the border between the German states of Berlin and Brandenburg...

, a lake on the course of the Teltow Canal

Teltow Canal

The Teltow Canal, also known as the Teltowkanal in German, is a canal to the south of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. The canal lies in both the states of Berlin and Brandenburg, and at points forms the boundary between the two...

, with the Großer Wannsee

Großer Wannsee

The Großer Wannsee is a bight of the Havel river near the locality of Wannsee and Nikolassee , a south-western suburb of the German capital Berlin not far from Potsdam...

, a lake on the course of the River Havel

Havel

The Havel is a river in north-eastern Germany, flowing through the German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Berlin and Saxony-Anhalt. It is a right tributary of the Elbe river and in length...

. Including the three intermediate lakes, it has a length of 3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi) and is navigable by boats with a draught

Draft (hull)

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 of up to 1.3 metres (4.3 ft). It has no locks

Lock (water transport)

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, but is crossed by three bridge

Bridge

A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle...

s, with a maximum clearance of 5 metres (16.4 ft).

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