Page 2 - LESSON 13 MM2

 There are 13 major ports in India.

 The Suez Canal was built in 1869.
 Ganga and Brahmaputra rivers are navigable.

 Waterways are of two types- Inland waterways and oceanic waterways.
 The important sea routes of the world are:

a. Suez Canal connecting the port of Suez on the Red sea to the Port Said
on the Mediterranean Sea.
b. Panama Canal connects the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean.

c. North Atlantic Route between North America and western Europe.
d. South Atlantic Route joins North America and Europe with South

America.
Airways:

 The Flyer is the first aeroplane.

 The Wright Brothers- Orville and Wilbur invented the first aeroplane.
 Heathrow in London, Kennedy in New York and DeGaulle in Paris are the
two popular airports of the world.

 Indira Gandhi Airport in Delhi and Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport in Mumbai are
some of the two international airports in India.

 Trans World airlines and United Airlines are the two important air
companies of the world.

AirIndia is run by the government of India.