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why did the European people need to find new waterways?​

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Inland waterway transport plays an important role for the transport of goods in Europe. More than 37,000 kilometres of waterways connect hundreds of cities and industrial regions. ... Its energy consumption per km/ton of transported goods is approximately 17 % of that of road transport and 50 % of rail transport.

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