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The Suez Canal (/ ˈ s uː. ɛ z /; Arabic: قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ, Qanāt as-Suwais) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest of Egypt).
English: Nautical chart of Port Said and the approaches to the Suez Canal. From surveys by Commander F.A. Reyne, and the officers of H.M. Survey Ship Endeavour, 1919, and by the Compagnie Universelle du canal Maritime de Suez to 1953. Not current - not to be used for navigation!
The gulf was formed within a relatively young but now inactive Gulf of Suez Rift rift basin, dating back about 26 million years. [1] It stretches some 300 kilometres (190 mi) north by northwest, terminating at the Egyptian city of Suez and the entrance to the Suez Canal. Along the mid-line of the gulf is the boundary between Africa and Asia. [2]
In November and December 1956, the force facilitated the orderly transition in the Suez Canal area when British and French forces left. From December 1956 to March 1957, the force facilitated the separation of Israeli and Egyptian forces and the Israeli evacuation from all areas captured during the war, except Gaza and Sharm-el-Sheik.
This canal is sometimes referred to as the ancient Suez Canal. It played a pivotal role in improving trade and communication between the Nile Valley and the Red Sea, and beyond to the Indian Ocean. This canal was a predecessor to the modern Suez Canal , which was constructed in the 19th century and continues to be one of the world's most ...
The Suez Canal was completed in 1869, linking the Levantine Sea to the Red Sea – and mainly for large vessels. The Red Sea sits a little higher than the Eastern Mediterranean , so the canal is an intermittent tidal strait discharging water into the Mediterranean.
The opening of the Suez Canal altered British interactions with the colonies of the British Empire as the dynamics of transportation, trade and communication had now changed drastically. [103] Other waterways , like the Panama Canal played an important role in the histories of many nations. [ 104 ]
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