Little Bačka Canal (

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: Мали бачки канал/Mali bački kanal), ( Hungarian: Ferenc József-csatorna) is a

canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface ...

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which runs from Mali Stapar (on

Great Bačka Canal Great Bačka Canal ( Serbian: /; ) is a canal in Serbia which runs from Bezdan (on the Danube) to Bečej (on the Tisa). The canal is long and part of the Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal system. The excavation works of Great Bačka Canal began in ...

) to

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(on

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). The canal is 66 km long and it is part of Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal system. The canal shortens waterway from Bezdan to Novi Sad by 75 km. Little Bačka Canal has 4

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s. In the past, the canal was named after emperor Franz Josef (during

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rule) and king

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(during Kingdom of Yugoslavia).

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