Complex sentence: The Forth and Cart Canal was a short 0.5 mile (0.8 km) link canal which provided a short cut between the Forth and Clyde Canal, at Whitecrook, and the River Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Cart.
Split into simpler sentences: The Forth and Cart Canal was a short 0.5 mile (0.8 km) link canal. It provided a short cut between the Forth and Clyde Canal, at Whitecrook, and the River Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Cart.