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When transportation by rail was organized, the Great Chinese Canal, which connected the Yangtze and Yellow River, gradually began to lose its former significance.
Today, only the section from Hangzhou to Jining is navigable, and the southern and central sections are now mainly used for transporting coal from mines (Shandong and Jiangsu regions). The rest of the canal was damaged by accumulated dirt, and its northern sections were completely dry.