Panama Canal Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. In ______ terms, the canal can handle 38 transits per day, so 12 to 15 is a lot
  2. 4. The canal’s board recently proposed building a new reservoir in the Indio River to ____ the water supply
  3. 5. Panama has an _____ climate which makes it one of the wettest countries.
  4. 6. Scientists believe that climate change may be _____________ dry spells.
  5. 8. His company decided in August to pay $400,000 in a special auction to move a ship ahead in the _____.
  6. 10. Huge amounts are used up every time a ship goes through the ______ as it travels the 40 miles across Panama
  7. 11. This presents bulk shipping companies with an expensive _____.
  8. 13. The Panama Canal was a ______.
  9. 14. An extensive period of time without rain.
  10. 18. The canal _____ in July cut the average to 32 vessels.
  11. 19. In Panama, a lack of water has _____ canal operations in recent years.
Down
  1. 1. … Which generates over 6 percent of Panama’s ______ _________ __
  2. 2. ________ disruptions at the canal could stoke interest in building land routes in Mexico, Colombia and other countries that have coastlines on both oceans
  3. 7. Officials were forced to cut the amount of _______.
  4. 9. The construction of larger locks was completed two years late, in 2016, and that project was ______ by cost disputes.
  5. 12. But ships carrying bulk _____ generally don’t book passage.
  6. 15. The Panama canal is the latest example of how _____ things are.
  7. 16. A portion of these extra costs will be passed on to consumers, already ___ by inflation
  8. 17. The canal authority is also limiting how far a ship’s hull can go below the water, known as its _____.