Welfare Department - The Dept of Health and Human Services. The US Dept of Health and Human Services oversees a variety of state welfare programs available for those in need across the country. These programs are regulated by the individual states to ensure the right people are getting welfare help that they need.
The Panama Canal is roughly 48 miles long. In kilometers, this rounds to 77.1 kilometers. It is a very long canal that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
A ship takes an average of 8 to 10 hours to transit the Panama Canal. Lake Gatun covers an area of 163.38 square miles and was formed by the construction of an earthen dam across the Chagres River which runs northward toward the Caribbean Sea.