no water will find it's level on both sides and adjust for tides over time. the hull of the boat would have to be stuck in the muck completely across the entire canal or there would have to be such little area for the water to pass that flow would cause varying heights. even with this it would find level over time and with changing tides be a cycle
If the ship stays stuck long enough, and more sand deposits make their way from the desert into the canal, it could potentially plug up the entire waterway and cause flooding. I have no idea how often the canal must be dredged to keep it operational, nor when the last dredging occurred. If the canal were overdue for a dredge, the situation might be worse than what is being reported.
therefore at depth there's still 150 feet of depth and the ships hull is taking up at least 25% of the area for flow to pass thru (think of a round pipe size, but very irregular). it's likely the area it's blocking is slightly more than 25% since the edges of the canal surely slope in, so it could be as much as 50% blockage if both sides slope to a point at the very center of the canal.
under either scenario I think blockage it highly unlikely UNLESS there's some occurrence (natural or otherwise) that disturbs the earth on on side or the other to add massive amounts of sediment to the canal's flow
no water will find it's level on both sides and adjust for tides over time. the hull of the boat would have to be stuck in the muck completely across the entire canal or there would have to be such little area for the water to pass that flow would cause varying heights. even with this it would find level over time and with changing tides be a cycle
If the ship stays stuck long enough, and more sand deposits make their way from the desert into the canal, it could potentially plug up the entire waterway and cause flooding. I have no idea how often the canal must be dredged to keep it operational, nor when the last dredging occurred. If the canal were overdue for a dredge, the situation might be worse than what is being reported.
I agree that could happen. really depends canal depth x-section. if very deep highly unlikely I'd say
from quick "Google" search so take with huge grain of salt:
"Launched in 2018, it is 400 m (1,312 ft) long, with a width of 59 m (194 ft). The Suez canal is, itself, only about 200 m wide (656 ft)."
it's submerged ~50 feet according to this article https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/24/huge-container-ship-blocks-suez-canal-evergreen
therefore at depth there's still 150 feet of depth and the ships hull is taking up at least 25% of the area for flow to pass thru (think of a round pipe size, but very irregular). it's likely the area it's blocking is slightly more than 25% since the edges of the canal surely slope in, so it could be as much as 50% blockage if both sides slope to a point at the very center of the canal.
under either scenario I think blockage it highly unlikely UNLESS there's some occurrence (natural or otherwise) that disturbs the earth on on side or the other to add massive amounts of sediment to the canal's flow
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