🇸🇪The Göta Canal is a navigation channel built in the 19th century in southern Sweden. It travels through the provinces of Östergötland and Västra Götaland, connecting Mem, in the Baltic Sea, about 140 km south of Stockholm, with Sjötorp, in Lake Vänern, in southwestern Sweden.
The Göta Canal works by a system of locks that allows ships to overcome different heights of land. As a ship advances, it enters a lock that fills or empties with water to level the next stretch of the channel. Once the water in the lock reaches the desired level, the gates open and the boat continues its journey. This process is repeated at each lock along the canal, allowing for the transition from one water level to another until it reaches its final destination. Its operation is similar to the Panama Canal.