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* Illian in [[Robert Jordan]]'s ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'', although since corpses and human refuse are often dumped in some of the lower city's canals, they stink something awful.
* [[Tanith Lee]]'s ''City of Venus''.
* Camorr in ''[[Gentleman Bastard Sequence|The Lies of Locke Lamora]]'' by Scott Lynch.
* Braavos in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''.
* The city of Urteau in ''[[Mistborn|The Hero Of Ages]]'' '''had''' canals, but they dried up and they have street slots now. Canals are also used as a sort of highway system in the [[Mistborn]] Trilogy.
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== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
* Glantri City in the ''[[Dungeons
** The [[Eberron]] setting has something similar in Zarash'ak, the City of Stilts, built over a swamp.
* Marienburg, in ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]]'', is based pretty closely on the real-world Amsterdam.
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* City on the Water in ''[[Painkiller]]''
* There was one actually called "Canal City" in ''[[Ratchet and Clank Going Commando]]''.
* Soleanna in the 2006 ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006
* There's a city like this in ''[[Tales of Destiny]]''.
* Venezia in ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]''. The canals make getting around a little annoying at first.
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