Serbia’s Plans for a Canal to The Mediterranean
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- Serbia is planning to construct a 17 billion dollar, 650 kilometer long waterway connecting the Danube River to the Mediterranean Sea. In southern Serbia, the sources of the Morava and Vardar rivers lie only 30 kilometers away from each other. The Morava flows north into the Danube and the Vardar flows south into the Mediterranean. For this reason, Serbia is considering constructing a massive waterway connecting the two rivers, and therefore the Danube and Mediterranean.
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Hey guys. It seems some of my graphics exclude Kosovo from Serbia's borders. Please forgive this. I have no opinion on the Kosovo political dispute. I just found the best looking graphic that happened to exclude Kosovo from the borders. Thank you!
KOSOVOOOOOOOO ISSSSSSSS ALBANIAAAAAAAAAAAA
Wassssss NEVERRRRRRRRR NEVERRR PARTTTT OF SERBIAAA
Kosovo Ist Sribja
Dispute? What dispute?
After years and years of neglect, malpractice, bullying and, "finally", ethnic cleansing, Kosovo broke free from the bully.
NO conflict there.
@@eriola8110 Kosovo & Metohija is Serbia🇷🇸
Serbia: I wanna swim
Croatia: No
Serbia: *Fine, I'll do it myself*
You again >:[
Cuba can swim in all directions
@mm kk ..srbija to niti moze niti hoce graditi...to ce graditi kina...i imat ce vjerovatno 40 godina vlasnistvo nad kanalom...ali pre tog kanala kina mora sagraditi brzu prugu od budimpeste do soluna....srbija jest veliki izvoznik...ali ne toliki da bi mogla da joj bas treba toliki projekt...to je pre svega potrebno kini jer ce kina u buducnosti snabdjevati citavu evropu...primejra radi..kina se priprema da napravi 200 miliona humanoidnih robota...to je besplatna radna snaga koja bi radila 24 sata bez sindikata,ljudskih prava i plate....
jedan srbski prorok rece pre 150 godina...doci ce zuti ljudi i zajedno sa srbima pit ce moravu...upravo je morava taj kanal....taj srbski prorok je bio seljak na jednoj planini i nikad nije cuo da postoje zuti ljudi...i nakon 150 godina pred kineskim predsjednikom tu recenicu izgovori srbski predsjednik...upravo u smederevu gdje kinezi pocinju da grade luku i gdje ce zapocinjati taj kanal....
@@mobileprinting2876 ja mislim da bi srbiji dobro dosao ovaj kanal ali mislim da je neizvodoljiva,reka vardar je plitka i tokom zime presuši,juzna morava nije plovna jedino je velika morava celim tokom plovna ali za brodove srednje velicine,kinezi forsiraju ovaj projekat da bi njihovi brodovi dosli do dunava a da ne pređu bosfor jer im turci ne daju pod uticajem amerike i jednog ugovora da ne ulazim u detalje, svi oće dunav a mi ga ne koristimo, on je plovan za neke prekookeanske brodove a srbija i hrvatska nemaju svoje rečno morske brodove, mi smo imali svoje recno morkse brodove pre 40 gofina a sada nemamo. trebalo bi da ulazemo u dunav i da razvijemo svoje brodove i da izvozimo sirom sveta preko dunava,ovo vazi i za hrvatsku vi prakticno mozete da izvozite preko jadrana i dunava
Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia and Georgia would be able to acces the oceans whithout needing Turkey too. Could create some interesting political powershifts in southeastern Europe ;)
What a joke!
They can today without it. Through the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal in Germany.
Yeah, serbia and greece could become major traiding powers, without controlling constantinople, its crazy that we didn't dig it already...
@Osman Orhan in Serbia its also called Carigrad or Tsarigrad, Vikings called it Miklagard, Emperor Constantin named it Nova Roma, before that it was Byzantion, now Turks call it Istanbul, but most famous and first name that I heard is Constantinople, so I use that name...
@Osman Orhan yes
The maker of this video doesn't really understand what the proposed canal is all about. The canal would not itself be a route for ships, (like the Panama Canal), but would be a barge canal. It would enable barges to travel between river ports on the Danube River (and it's connecting waterways) and Thessaloniki, where goods would be transhipped to or from sea-going ships. This would be an alternative route for cargoes to and from the Danube as against the existing route via Constantza. Thessaloniki would become a transhipment port for Danube traffic like Constantza is now. The Danube carries a significant amount of barge traffic, in both dry and liquid cargoes, which are carried more cheaply and in a more environmentally-friendly way than by road or rail.
Apart from the possible use by local traffic within the areas through which it would pass, the only real advantage of the new route would be, as it says in the video, that ships carrying goods bound to or from Danube ports would be able to load / discharge in Thessaloniki instead of Constantza, thus avoiding passage of the Bosporus and Dardenelles and possibly saving two or three days voyage time. It is very unlikely that barges would be able to travel from Thessaloniki to, (say), Belgrade any quicker than from Constantza and it may even take longer because of the large number of locks and lifts involved.
I am a big fan of water transport and would normally support any schemes for new canals, (like the one soon to be constructed in Northern France), but in this case I am dubious about whether the benefits would outweigh the construction costs. It is certainly feasible and some traffic would definitely use the route but probably not in sufficient quantity to justify the high cost.
He propably made the map himself, but he uses the Danube and not the Danube-Black Sea Canal so he would not end up it Constanza, which would shorten the journey.
The Turks are building a new canal so that they can toll ships going through it while the closing off the free canal for ‘inspections’ so it look like it might be worth it in the future.
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Can you link something about the French canal?
Thanks in advance!
Hello Hannes. Search 'Seine-Nord Europe Canal'
Give partial ownership to the farmers and they will dig a deeper canal for less.
@garyrich2000 Yeah.
this canal will never take place,
it is a dream from early 1900's
also the dream of great Hydrologist, Jevjevich Vujica,
but after 1960's is abandoned,
As an hydrologist my shelf, I will explain the main reason why,
Axios river and sea level of Thermaikos gulf, are in a very peculiar balance,
So making Axios river a river canal, will turn all Central Makedonia, and a big part of Severna to a salty land,
to secure from salty sea water enter thousands of km2, needs many 'works, like huge riversides maybe bigger than N Orlean Missiipi, and also a working system like Panama canal
the project is abbandoned from 1960's as dangerous for turning fertile land poluted by salty sea water,
I like it we call that social engineering lol
This wpulf be wrong. Whenever the workers had partial ownership in Greece, it became stringhold of not allowing anyone yo enter or get a job, to wait and put their children as a job in when old enough, even if didnt know the job and with creating surplus artificial positions to put all chuldren in, no meritocracy or competitiveness, then companies became sh, t and lost money every day, and then the workers shouted the partial pwnership that they have with the state so that the state and tax payers pay the daily huge losses and daily feed everyone for decades with bankrupt and practically dead company.
State ownership should be independent from workers ownership, these models create "worker-state vampires".
As a Chinese, it was the first time I saw the title of Serbia’s plan to build this artificial canal in Chinese media a few years ago. However, no specific project content was seen at that time. I watched this video today to understand in detail what the canal project is all about. My first feeling is that this canal project is not big. With Chinese technical ability, management experience and funds, it is not too big. It can be said to be a medium-sized project. The technical difficulty and scale of the construction of this project are smaller than those currently under construction or completed in China.
yes , a middel one, 5 -7 years done. they dont know the power of construction of china.
@@wendowsxplala I estimate that 5~7 years will be about the same. I calculated it based on the construction period of the Yangtze River Diversion Project and the Guangxi Pinglu Canal Project. Watching the video introduction, the difficulty of the project is very low, that is, the amount of work is relatively large. Is the quantity conference a problem for the Chinese? !
That is so true, you guys dont waste time and work fast and efficient, I really wish this was to come true and go with it, Serbia and China have done so many new projects in Serbia you guys help us a lot. I’m sure this would be worth it and pay off in long run it don’t even sound that expenssive for something that many country’s can benefit from.
Europe would appreciate it if China stayed away from our ports. Thank you, but we have it sorted.
@@leonlend27 really ? pls read curently news of German
Znaci u Grcku na more sa camcem :)
Da 🤣
Hahaha
Hehe
to je super da budete imali to super povezavo :D mi slovenci to netrebamo al treba nam ISTRA !!!!! i TRST !!! hrvati su nas lepo opljačkali sa taljanima... zato ja nemaram taljana i hrvata
@@renatokovacic9501 še dobro da nam je ostalo 43km obale 😄
I will personally donate to building this canal.
Why?
Man i ain't got money for myself
Donate me and ill make political party, then win elections and dig canal :D im from serbia and got citizenship, so half work is done, now I just need money and to win elections :D
@@nightvvisher7713 man , serbia is a cheap country
The money would go to the pocket of our dictator, Aleksandar Vučić
A simple upgrade of the existing railway and highway of Thessaloniki - Gevgeliya - Skopje - Nis - Belgrade and Zagreb route is much cheaper and more efficient than constructing a pharaonic project.
A cooperation among ports would help a lot like among Vlore (AL), Thessaloniki & Alexandroupolis (GR), Burgas & Varna (BG) as well as Constanza (RO).
Water transport is much chipper than railway or road transport , special with oil ,petrol, coal and huge dimension goods.
@@lilianajankovic737 it is, but this river construction w0uld have additional costs. Anyway it would require study of both to compare.
No need to correspond with Albania for anything. They can remain in the dark ages.
Boring
How did i not know about the existence of this channel, amazing content. Thanks for existing!
Perfect idea
All the best from Cr🌞atia
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Hahahahahah ma nece nikada 🤣
@Kamey Croatia is on the Coast and has many Ports!
@Kamey We already know the relationship between Croatia & Serbia 😭😂 Zdrav bio 🙏🏼
And/Or Serbia will just annex Montenegro and gain a sea access. most Montengrins consider themselves as Serbs, and could likely wish to join Serbia again in the future. It would certainly be beneficial for the micro-state without any resources. The canal also sounds nice.
@@nocomment5705 i really have a Comment, you know when Montenegro and Serbia will be again together ? Never, even not in a Dream 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Rest of the world: we need to stop the rising of the sea levels
Balkans: we need more water!
Sea levels are not rising, if that was true New York would be under water, because in 1996, we were told this would happen in 2021.
I have never even heard of this "project" and I live in the country. :'D
и ја први пут чујем😂😂😂
ja jesam 😁
Буквално и ја сад чујем 😂
Још нам узеше Космет са мапе
Znaci, to je postojalo samo se nije nesto puno pricalo o tome? Hmmm interesantno, kao sto rekoh, ja prvi put cujem za to. Al dobro, to je mozda jer zivim u (figurativnoj) pecini. x'D
Svakako ne znam koliko bi to bilo isplativo jer kao sto je rekao covek, 4 metara bi bio dubok vodotok a s obzirom da Juzna Morava pri pocetku nije nesto duboka ne znam kako bi to izveli, samo bi manji brodovi mogli proci poput onih po Dunavu, sto i nije isplativo za transport robe na veilko jer ta roba uglavnom putuje ogromim brodovima (kako bi smanjili troskove transporta i preneli maksimalne kolicine robe)... Ne znam kako bi brodovi putovali zbog (ne znam kako se zove to) onog dela ispod vode i koliko bi brod bio pod vodom (zbog ukupne tezine). 4 metra deluje VEOMA plitko da budem iskren, takodje, ne znam koliko bi taj kanal promenio kolicinu vode koja se uliva u Veliku Moravu i na kraju u Dunavu. :O
Staveci sve to sa strane, Srbija nema odakle da to plati a da nas Kinezi ne uhvate u "dugovnu klopku" kao neke druge zemlje u regionu i svetu ako bi (najverovatnije) njih unajmili za izgradnju. Svakako bi voleo iz inata i zle namere da se to napravi kako bi ujebali Turke. :'D
KOSOVO IS SERBIA 🇷🇸
Aleksa Radosavljevic
Kosovo and Metohi(j)a are SERBIA!!!
Косово и Метохија су СРБИЈА!!!
NEVER
@@aleksandersuci8090 Always
Never was never is idiot
Stop dreaming ,dardania is Albania
I thought the title said that Serbia was cancelling the Mediterranean 🤭🤣
they do be cancelling everything these days
@@build2270 Nah, cancel culture is an American thing.
Canceling Albania more likely.
MEDITERANSKA JE SRBIJA
*accordion intensifies*
Why are you everywhere, O'Supreme Leader
Your everywhere
@@novussyrius6036 *MEDITERAN JE.... 😁
Serbian must return to Siberia there is your land, the Balkans is Albanian Illyrian autochthonous land from 5000 years ago
@Athan asios ha ha ha you are really funny, now take the doll and go to sleep because these topics are not for you
Serbia and Greece should definitely do it. Yeah it would be expensive but they would have so much to gain in the long run, plus they might be able to get help from other countries too.
no.
@@Gold26502 yes, this project would be a BIG help to our neighboring land-locked countries and Europe as a whole, significantly improving trade. Also being Albanian, we shouldn't just deny help to an amazing plan just because sErbIaN. Greater Relations and Diplomacy to Neighbouring countries are really needed.
@@LoniTheFricc mendimi yt.
@@Gold26502 you are always turksperms
Greece has more important things to do then spend billions it doesn’t have and those things are like paying the 40bill debt they already borrowed and how it’ll take them another 3 generations to cover that up, as for Serbia is way to broke to feed their own people let alone borrow €17bill of world bank to spend it in a canal that’ll take nearly 30 yrs to build.. stop day dreaming and create jobs for your own citizens improve their living, invest in education, schools hospitals etc this is something for countries like dubai America germany france or UK can invest or achieve with their economies. Not serbia or greece 👍
30 years and 17 billion ? I bet Chinese can build it in 3 years for 1.7 billion $.
That true 🤣
Chinese will probably be building this.
@@stefanandrejevic2570 normalno. ako ce i biti tog kanala i prosirivanja reka, druze moj, srbija moze samo fizikalce da da.
They are going to use their 3 Gorges dam experience building it.
@@Alex-pj8nz That dam who is almost broke last year?
Good project to vitalize economics and tourism.
맞아요
Drug canal
Just they the EU to fund it
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@@user-gg4dh7yj9l haha so what
Hi Futurology,
I like your videos, and I have an idea for your next video. In Czech Republic, there are plans to connect Elbe, Donau and Oder by a canal. The name of the project is DOL (D like Donau, L like Labe-czech name for elbe, and O like Oder).
Thank you, great idea!
In Polish it would be called DOŁ (almost like word "dół" i.e. a pit) after Dunaj (Danube), Odra (Oder) and Łaba (Elbe) rivers.
It’s pretty stupid, the president is trying to push through a 19th century project and meanwhile our highways are barely even getting built. Not to mention that he’d definitly bring over his Chinese friends to build and controll it.
@@FuturologyChannel Please analyze where will the water come from as well :) I miss the same information here. Thank you for video
It will permanently destroy two important rivers in a region with dry summers.
And ecosystem, pure destruction they will regret after.
Indeed.
@El Dimos Karam It wouldn't weaken Turkey so much, because Turkey is forced by Montreaux Convention to give passage for free to any ship that wants to go through Bosphorus. So, Turkey may even benefit from this channel, as it would reduce the number of ships going for free through Bosphorus
@@madjames1134 It would completely Fuck Turkey , Turkey are building a new canal worth 10 bill, The Balkan Canal would make the Bosforous and the Istanbul canal Worthless..
@@pykasso4966 The new canal will fuck Turkey anyway, even if the Balkan Canal never gets built. Much money thrown in a thing that solves a non-existent problem: to pass from Black Sea to Mediterranean.
Funnily enough I made a video on this topic as well 2 weeks ago, however more focused on its geopolitical impact :' ) I like how you focused on the technicalities of the proposed canal, which in itself are fairly fascinating.
Thanks! Yeah, I watched your video as well, it was great!
@@FuturologyChannel Thank you! Glad you liked it!
This channel is awesome! This channel is like watching SFIA except it's all about things that we can build right here on Earth! I love it
*I'm from Hungary and I would be happy if the canal would be build*
it cant bc kosovo and political resons,no no Virus and other things
Greetings from Serbia 😊
6:06 "Turkey strongly opposes the project"
Well I see this as even more of a reason to do it
Osian D.? Why they have to get permission from Turkey.??
You’ve gotta be joking 🙃
It's not Turkey you should be thinking about it's the Chinese .
@@UNAL0504 why? because the chinese is the only one capable of such project?
Who cares?
Hi from Serbia. As far as I know, China will take over this project. We don't have nearly enough money for it, but they want to connect Danube with their port in Thessaloniki which is a part of their New Silk Road.
Great video, love seeing videos about Serbia. 😋
Love from Greece I hope that it will be built that will help us all
If india could help we should help as well we are a little late from China but now we are building infrastructure projects in billions of dollars as well if this project was a little late maybe india would have intervene/invested as well.
@@itemgirlssexy6003 No one knows what might happen in the future. All those projects might bring a lot of debt to us, so can't say if it's good or not. 🤷🏻♂️
From kosovo, please dont let china take over
Support for this project from Serbia.That's important for our China and Greece partners.
this seems like something that could be done. The cost would spread to all of the countries involved and benefiting from it (or at least it should be). It's benefits surely would overcome the expences and dificulties in the future, in my opinion.
You are talking here about the Balkan countries :D
You are talking here about the Balkan countries :D
Maybe a proper railway is more realistic. My city Smederevo could be included with proper port. It is situated near Morava _Danube confluence.
Canal will take away huge mass of river water down stream to the canal.
@railway is already being discussed Belgrade-Greece Speed train 🚞
@@guccigang8800We are already building high speed railway Belgrade - Budapest (Serbia-Hungary) and Belgrade-Nish is starting next year and than from Nish to the border with N. Macedonia. High speed train Serbia-N.Macedonia-Greece is much better solution.
Поздрав за Смедерево из комшијског Пожаревца!:):)
@@user-qu2ol7fz1z This one is also nearby Morava-Danube cinfluence😀
Landlocked countries need more infrastructures like transport.
all that and it only displaces 'hundreds of people'?
I doubt its even possible the Morava river is tiny, I doubt ships can pass trough it, they'd have to divert Danube or something, especially in the summer.
@@denis3208 making morava great again is easy, just return latin name "margus" and it sounds powerful and great, ready to carry whole fleet of titanics xD
Bloody love this channel
My intuitive reaction is that the benefits don't justify the cost. A railroad would deliver many of the benefits at a fraction of the cost. The area would have passenger and sightseeing service as well as containerized freight transport.
A railroad already exists from Thessaloniki (Solun) to Belgrade via Skopje.
@El Dimos Karam No Railroad is more efficient and cleaner beside trains travel all the way to mainland and can deepest to any destination. It can stop in the middle of industrial zones. Loading and unloading can easily be done. The ships can't do that...
@@billocoy9811 Further need to upgrade to handle heavier load and faster train. Maybe multi tracking.
The map on the thumbnail is false
Its not idiot
@@merxho95 it is
@СРБ its officially the Republic of Kosova. It was once part of the sr serbi which itself was part of the sfr yugoslavia.
Yugoslavia is dead.
Its 2020.
Make a step forward slav.
-From the Rep. of *Kosova* 🇦🇱
@@albinh.3149 Listen some Serbian osngs about Kosovo, read some books our kings and rulers made about Kosovo 1000 and more years ago, when Albania didn't exist, you are looking on the only one, false side. Stop reading Albanian Propaganda
Kakve ste vi budale. I jedni i drugi radite za crkavicu, a raspravljate se čija je teritorija najsiromašniji deo Evrope. E sve dok tako razmišljate živećete kao bagra, još 100 godina dok se ne opametite
“presheva valley” - as far as i know, preševo is within serbia and is not mainly inhabited by shqiptars. therefore it’s preshevo valley.
Yeah, I'm Albanian and was confused about why a Serbian place sounded so
"Shqip", thanks for clearing things up!
Tell to ur government to not start anything bc that land it will come back to Albania like dardania
@@bujar414 stop warmongering!!
@@goranmarinic2923 that's the truth is just a matter of time, everyone knows that.
Next Republika Vojvodina!
a slight correction to the drawing at 03:00 would be in oder - the Danube in Belgrade would be lower than 121m above sealevel of the Adriatic, so the height of 492m should be somewhere in the mountains of North Macedonia. Skopje on the river Vadar is at 240m, and lies in a seismic active area.
Great video!
Damn so good videos every time
Very interesting idea, would love to see it become real.
Noooooooooooooooooooooo!
Its impossible South Morava is just too small there is no way a ship could pass trough it, you'd have dig a canal along side it and divert water from Danube and that would be more like 1000 km instead of 30 km they imagine ...
the south morava is such a small river, it would be easier for them to dig across land than to expand the river. It is very very shallow
wow... very informative video
Very objective review, well done. (I am from Serbia
Зашто приказујете Србију без КосМета?Срам вас било за подметање.
Bolje gledaj prikazana je u jednom djelu kao pokrajina, ispresijecanim linijama
@@gajocvitanovic3127 Погледајте насловну слику.
Tako je, treba prikazati karte po međunarodni granicama. Ali pravljenje kanala od Grčke kroz Makedonija i srbiju je odlična ideja. Svi bi imali koristi,
Znaci gledao si samo naslovnu stranu, a dalje sta bude neću ni slušati ni gledati meni je važna moja prica
@@gajocvitanovic3127 Нема потребе да будете заједљиви јер сам вас уљудно упутио на разлог моје реакције,а иначе сам прилог одгледао до краја као и снимак везан за Нил у Африци.Мало пристојности у конверзацији молим.
This project will soon come to life, we just waiting for the right moment, but when it comes to money, the interests of many countries are here, especially those through which the Danube flows, plus Northern Macedonia and Greece. So money is not an issue, and in the long run, everyone would benefit greatly.
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Well, money is an issue, as 17 billion dollars is a lot for the Balkans. I think the yearly GDP of Macedonia is only 10 billion
@@animationecho1 Not only these countries will invest in this project, but also other European countries that have an interest in shortening the route and time for the transport of goods and services, in addition, the EU Investment Fund and many others would invest in this project. We would also get very favorable, almost interest-free long-term loans for the project, so this project would not really burden anyone to such an extent that they would not be able to carry it out.
@@animationecho1 North Macedonia economy is 13 billion
If there is any valleys it might be easy to use them as lakes between the rivers and water locks. With the Danube river higher in elevation it seems like if the canal connecting the Morava and Vadar river it would get dug deeper by the flow of water from the Danube River.
Are there more channels like futurology ,caspian report if yes
Please let me know
Great share, thanks 😉👍
yes yes yes!!!!! i am from Greece and this project does not affect us but for our neighbors........Thats an amazing project!!!
It will also benefit your northern neighbor that changed their name. Greetings from North Macedonia. I personally like Greece, and have been going there for a vacation for over 20 years. I hope our people can overcome this dispute and start to build good relations.
@@DacLMK yea of course both countries will have clear connection to sea and new companies will start out of this!
How would the water management work between the 2 rivers?
This seems like a huge win for everyone involved. As long as the construction is sensitive to the environment & cities/towns on the river shore.
Anyone who saw Vardar in Skopje or somewhere else in North Macedonia must be scratching his head or laughing very hard while hearing this. Good luck with building a navigable waterway on such a narrow and shallow river.
Just deepen it.
It's not impossible.
@@VojislavMoranic Yes, it is possible to make a shallow, narrow and meandering river into a deeper, wider and straighter one. What do you think that possibility would do to the riparian ecosystem?
I really wish this project becomes reality plus I think countries like Austria Czech Republic and Hungary should also help in its construction since it will benefit them alot
Those countries already has access through romania and danub river. Passage through turkey is free and regulated by a treaty that protect the right to pass during war or peace. So they realy do not have same motivation that greece has
@@ABC-ri9sx Don't you think that traveling three and a half days less is a nice financial motivation?
@SrSRB it is shorter for countries like romania to go through old route. But some countries like austeria could benefit from shorter time in the new route. However, they have to use smaller size cargo ships, which cost them more per container.
It's really funny that Serbia believes that Athens and Skopje would cooperate
Nice video.
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Косово је срце Србије ♥️
Da
HHahahah. Kosovo je Albania.
@@elion3578 Kosovo i Metohija je Srbija
@@elion3578 шта значи реч Косово на албанском? 😃
@@luka9065 Keep dreaming😂😂
That is not Serbia. You forget southern province.
cry Russian emigrant cry😂
@@KosovanWarrior1 Why do u think that he is a russian imigrant
Of course it's not Serbia, that's Northern North Macedonia!
This post was made by the Macedonia Gang
@@ravenouself4181 ... ok
@@RandomGuy-ej5dr ok, saitama
This is very interesting. I think of many places in the world where ideas like this one would work. A lot of landlocked countries would love to have sea and ocean access.
great idea
Why did you cut off southwest part of Serbia?
Because you lost that territory to 2000 guerillas 😂😂😂
@@arnisxhata4779 Quite the contrary. It got occupied because of a (back then) 13 nation alliance + 9 other nations which gave access to air. It was far from just 2000 paramilitary guerillas.
@@markoscream8466 yeah im just trying to make him mad lol. I live in kosova and its fun making these people mad
@@arnisxhata4779 You know what is also fun, being a recognized UN state. I guess you dont know how that feels do you?
Because it’s Albania now
you are missing something on the map.
Aral sea?
@@vladimirkovacevic4415 и сва су мора србска.
@@MrTherocker101 serbiqke je albania thats what mis
@@meloskabashi8025 good luck invading it
Cry
The Panama canal works with water locks and at the center of all of the water locks is a human made lake to get the water for the locks from. If there is not enough water flow to keep lake filled they would have have pumps and piping, and reservoir lake to draw water from to fill the human lake up with when it gets low enough. I recommend watching the Panama canal videos and Erie water locks videos to get a good idea what it would look like and what works best for such a project. To supply power they might have to use wind generators instead so water level doesn't drop to low.
i don't understand how would this canal give sea access to landlocked countries? it gives a sea acess as much as Danube does right now
i really like your channel because u cover projects i have never / rarely heard off and i like hearing about the worlds mega projects and its also a good format / quality
Just... beautiful, thank you!
Love this investment 😍
You have some error on the map
No map is right Kosovo is an independent country lol
Donkey
@@aadilaadil2093 "Ко се стиди свог поријекла
вазда рђа довијека"
@@krsmantripkovic7757 serbiqkw was,is, forever gonna be albania
Hope see it soon it will be a better than istanbul and will connect the heart of Europe to midelteraterian
🇬🇷❤️🇪🇬
@Wake No. I think he's Egyptian (Arab) and both Greece and Egypt (aswell as Serbia) are anti Turkey. Good job on being so nicely misinformed, I hope your parents didn't pay for your school....
*Istinpolin
He explains the problems towards the end of this interesting video: But it is a narrow Canal and with too many locks and lifts which means low traffic capacity.
Here's an idea. Suppose they start in the middle and excavate to full depth and build the section that is to connect the two rivers first. Then for the rest, they could allow small boat and ship traffic to go down one side of the river while they dredge and built a canal on the other side. They'd have to have two narrower canals separated by a strip of median, instead of one wide one. The dredged out material could possibly be used to help build the median. Maybe, this way, there'd be enough light shipping traffic to help pay for the construction. And as time passed and they got more and more of the shallow sections dredged out and built, ship sizes could increase, bringing in more and more revenue to speed the construction.
technically, it is feasible and it will definitely create a good waterway to central Europe
Although it's really cool, it will cause total devastation on the natural environment
Why? Waterways are wildlife creators. My issue is not this. If I have any, is why not an efficient railroad?
And also will be too loud ships getting through the cities like Thessaloniko and Skopje
@@polytrelaras1 Ship transport is cheaper then railroad.
@@abdyraman_xhana Ships are not loud :)
Highways are
Danube is not 492 meters above the Mediterranean. It's only 110 meters! But Vardar river source is reasonably high
Correct me if I'm wrong but the see level of ground where Morava meets Dunav is arround 80m, why are you mentioning 500m of height difference between Dubav and see?
The meeting point of Morava and Danube is 80 m, you are right, but the the sources of Morava in the Presevo Valley have an elevation of around 450 m. Thus the hypothetical canal that would connect the Morava source with the Vardar source in Northern Macedonia would also have an evelation of around 450 m.
Serbia can into Mediterranean!
serbiqke je albania
@@meloskabashi8025 world is Ghana
blue sus
Great Video!
Drilling holes and dynamiting the area of land between the Morava and Vadar rivers would make it easy to excavate with heavy digging dirt hauling machinery. Then run the dirt through a trummel and wash plant a few hundred yards to a quarter mile from the canal to get any precious metals or minerals.
I would think dig the 30 mile canal first and build the water locks also. Then the water flow might widen and deepen the Modava and Vadar rivers. But if necessary to dig and widen those two rivers where it is needed.🚢
Wrong map! Make a correction.
Lol
@Kabo Torko Indeed. The truth about the independent Kosovan state.
Sad that serbs still cry about it
Greetings,
-From the Rep. of *Kosova* 🇦🇱
What do u mean wrong map? He used 2020 maps.
@Kabo Torko
Yes I do.
U dont.
Which is a shame they dont teach u these simple things in schools in serbi.
@Kabo Torko U are probably younger than me my child.
Its funny how u are trying to run away from our conversation because u have no clue.
HAHAHA
Typica serb losing every battle HAHA
-From the Rep. of *Kosova* 🇦🇱
I wish them luck in pursuing the project, the landlocked countries would certainly benefit from this. But uh... the Vardar and Morava Rivers are not navigable enough yet for this... we’ll see I guess
проширење корита, и додатак воде из дунава...........
In Czech Republic we also have Morava river on border with slovakia. But in english it is called Moravia for some reason.
awesome!
Keeps showing 1 bloke and a small digger, may taken a tad longer than planned !
It from some other site.
They have not started building it yet and no body can be sure When it Will start, if at all
Great plan.
yay new video
How about a discussion on the possibility of connecting Australia's Lake Eyre to Spencer Gulf or Steaky bay on the Great Australian Bight?
Or a discussion about the too often Cited Bradfield Scheme to pipe Australian coastal river inland to feed the Murry R & Darling River system?
Why did you put wrong borderline of Serbia?
You should correct that.
its right ive been to kosovo i didnt see any serbian police there the money isnt serbian over 95 percent speak albanian not serbian
@Marko Jovanović my grandfather uncles family lived there
KOSOVO AND METOHIJA IS AUTONOMOUS PROVINCE OF SERBIA
Haha funny
Why you can't accept Kosovos independence?
Srbija do Kosova
@@Bruh-jr2ep Who in the right mind would do that ? You already have albania, which nation has 2 countries by ethni line
Servia is DARDANIJA OLD ALBANIA 7 TH YERAS BEEFORE KARPATIANS ARRIVED TO EUROPE
How much fuel would need to be saved from the ships to off set the amount of fuel needed to build the thing.
$17B for all that seems EXTREMELY unlikely: I would guess 4 times that amount even without corruption and setbacks: $60B+. Compare to other major riverway or travel costs. Egypt is spending $14B to widen the Suez Canal, which is only 120km long and is already an existing structure. This appears to require massive rework on both rivers, plus the 30km canal added in the middle through the mountains (not cheap in itself), plus they claim adding subsidiary rivers, and slapping 5 dams on there, and having an insane 63 locks. Also, let's talk about having 63 locks for a second - there are 12 locks on the panama canal and their maintenance and support comprises most of the cost of passage through the canal: which is about $500k one-way. So 60+ locks is 5 times that cost, or around $2.5M in expected transit fees to maintain just the canal infrastructure between the rivers: let alone the near-constant dredging work that may be needed to maintain both rivers in working order - and I'm comparing to Panama that doesn't have initial costs to pay off: so let's double the transit fee for the first 60 years, to cover the build cost. Would each boat be expected to pay around $5M to pass through this artificial river system? Versus the ~free (thousands, not millions) to travel via Turkey/river?
Seems to defeat the point. Especially when Europe already has plentiful highspeed rail lines, including Belgrade to Bar on the Greek coast directly south (296km). Maybe they need more flatbeds for sea-cans, maybe they need to twin some rail lines, but that would cost hundreds of millions, not tens of billions. This screams vanity project to me, maybe some Rhine Envy.
Just take Montenegro and don’t do anything
yes
If u have balls go for it but u will see dead bodys
@@tonydejnada6528 Yea but Albanians and newly born Montenegrins :)
@@markowasovic-glisic4987 Milogorci hahaha
@Kamey Which is quite impossible
What amazes me is that Serbia doesn't connect to the seas through Montenegro, I even read that during the Yugoslav era Serbia traded with the rest of the world through Salonica and not Montenegro.
That barely makes sense to me considering they used to be the same country and that Serbs and Montenegrins are nearly the same people. So, I ask, is what I read correct?? Doesn't Montenegro have a port big enough to do the job for Serbia?
Im to lazy to explain, but short answer is that montenegro is undeveloped, all coastal cities are from mediaeval times and rest of country looks like Scotland, its all highlands... even ottomans never completely conquered Montenegro cause that land was worthless and hard to get to, thats why Montenegro is separate, they know they are serbs, but they have clans same as in Scotland due to isolation bcs highlands...
Well that is partially true, Serbia does use port Bar in Montenegro but yeah Salonica in Greece is much more used. I believe that is because of couple of things, roads and infrastructure is better from Serbia to Greece than to Montenegro and building good roads and railway in Montenegro is challenging because Montenegro is very mountainous, second reason is that Salonica is much bigger port and third reason Greece has much bigger and more capable merchant fleet. I think that the simple answer is that it's cheaper.
@@nightvvisher7713 liar ..montenegro has always been inhabited by Albanian tribes since antiquity ( The Labeatae,) without forgetting that until the 18th century montenegro was called veneta albania the Slavs increased in that region only after the arrival of the Ottomans and many of the so called slavs are slavized Albanian catholic tribes ...
@@lagjescuni5482 lol, Albanians come from Caucasus mountains in 11 century, you have everything in ancient Greek books and maps, first book I recommend is "The History" by Michael Attaleiates, he wrote it in 1064 I think and you'll see that Albanians come from Italy to Epirus, and you also have Armenian book called something like "History of Albania" that was writen in 9th century I think... Albanians were elite mercenaries of Sassanid empire, then Arabs conquered Sassanid empire and recruited Albanians, then they conquered Sicily and south Italy with Albanians who then settled on Sicily and Southern Italy, then Albanians revolted under George Maniakes, but were defeated and then they settled in Epirus...
@@nightvvisher7713 the only ones who have come from causacus are you serbs lool ..you were Iranian tribes before arriving here in the Balkans..instead the Albanians are a paleo Balkan people
This will stabilize region so much, this must be done in a way to preserve nature wealth!
This wouldn't just be a trade boom but a tourist boom with canal cruises.
Macedonian here, from North Macedonia. Shut up and just do it, I might not be able to donate money, but I will help build it! Also, would be nice if we could make Gevgelija a Port. You know, just expand and deepen the Vardar from Thessaloniki to Gevgelija, it's only 50 meters difference in elevation :P
Since you are not Greek you are not Macedonian
@@ghostofathens6600 Why would You claim that if the people of Ancient Macedon were Greeks? That would mean there is no ancient people/ethnicity called "Macedonians". Unless, Greece is trying to cover something up?
@@ravenouself4181 because Macedonians are originated from the Hellenes so they are Greek we own all the Macedonian lands history and it’s people you are mostly Albanian and Bulgarian with little Serb Turkish and communist Greeks which they are the closest thing in your land that is Macedonian.Slavs cannot be Macedonians unless they have a strong Hellenic DNA you can’t just go and call yourself Macedonian it’s like saying that I should call myself German or American without having proof which you don’t.
@@ghostofathens6600 Most present day ethnic greeks in greek controlled Macedonia are migrants from Turkey as a result of the 1920's population exchange between Greece and Turkey.
@@billocoy9811 first they are Greek so it doesn’t matter where they are from second they were not most 89% of Greek population has Ancient Greek DNA which means 89% of Greeks are descended from Macedonia Athens and Sparta etc... while north “Macedonia” is less than 1% only 30k Greeks live in FYROM and they are Macedonians
"maybe one day, once the Balkan has stabilized"
*laughs in Roman, Byzantine, Venetian, Hungarian, Austrian, Ottoman and Yugoslavian*
How would 4 Meters of depth be anywhere deep enough for a container ship that needs 9 meters or more? Would the plan include offloading cargo onto smaller ships?
You're absolutely correct. This would never be a viable route for any commercial shipping. As you say the draft on any container ship worth using is at least 9 meters and even that is a relatively small ship. More like 10 - 13 meters of draft and of course you still need water under that to float.
wil it be feasible for just 3,5 days? probably be more expensive as pass fee.
How its possible that Danube is 492m higher than Mediteranean when belgrade is actually 117m above sea level, and the city itself is raised about 50m from Danube. Thats smth incorrect, maybe the highest point is 492m
492 m is the highest point of the Morava river in the Presevo Valley From that point, it's only 30 km southwards the highest point of Vardar flowing south to the Aegean Sea.
and bulgaria would be an island
😂😂😂😂
Lmaoo
Good idea!!!!
This story is with us for decades.I hope some day this evetually will be a real deal.