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  1. 4. But dry _______ are raising temperatures in the region.
  2. 6. But ships carrying bulk _______ generally don’t book passage.Queued A special auction to move a ship ahead is called _______.
  3. 7. A special auction to move a ship ahead is called _______.
  4. 9. An engineering ________that opened in 1914 and handles an estimated 5 percent of seaborne trade.Authority The canal _______ in July cut the average to 32 vessels.
  5. 13. The canal’s board recently proposed building a new reservoir in the Indio River to _______ the water supply and increase traffic through the canal.Grossdomesticproduct What generates over 6 percent of Panama’s _________________.
  6. 15. Though Panama has an ________climate that makes it one of the wettest countries.
  7. 17. The canal _______ in July cut the average to 32 vessels.
Down
  1. 1. Allowing officials to slash the number of ________they allow through.
  2. 2. A portion of these extra costs will be passed on to consumers, already _________ by inflation.Marvel An engineering ________that opened in 1914 and handles an estimated 5 percent of seaborne trade.Marvel An engineering ________that opened in 1914 and handles an estimated 5 percent of seaborne trade.
  3. 3. In Panama a lack of water has ________ canal operations in recent years.
  4. 5. scientists believe that climate change may be ________.
  5. 6. Seaborne trade is the latest example of how ________ parts of global supply chains can suddenly seize up.
  6. 8. The canal authority is also limiting how far a ship’s hull can go below the water, known as its _______.
  7. 9. The project was ________by cost disputes.
  8. 10. But a ________ has left the canal without enough water.
  9. 11. In ________ terms the canal can handle 38 transits per day.
  10. 12. ________ disruptions at the canal could stoke interest in building land routes in Mexico, Colombia and other countries that have coastlines on both oceans.
  11. 14. This presents bulk shipping companies with an expensive ________.Bolster The canal’s board recently proposed building a new reservoir in the Indio River to _______ the water supply and increase traffic through the canal.
  12. 16. Reducing passages helps conserve water because huge amounts are used up every time a ship goes through the ________ as it travels the 40 miles across Panama.Equatorial Though Panama has an ________climate that makes it one of the wettest countries.Equatorial Though Panama has an ________climate that makes it one of the wettest countries.