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The Suez Canal connects Port Said on the Mediterranean Sea with the port of Suez on the Red Sea, and provides an essentially direct route for transport of goods between Europe and Asia. The Canal is 163 kilometers (approximately 100 miles) long, and 300 meters (almost 1,000 feet) wide at its narrowest point—wide enough for ships as large as ...
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).
Album du Canal de Suez (A documentation of the excavation of the Suez Canal) Hippolyte Arnoux (active ca. 1860 – ca. 1890) was a French photographer and publisher . He was one of the first photographers to produce images of Egypt and documented the Suez Canal project with extensive photographs and a publication.
A Oeste do canal, em salpicado branco, área urbana de Porto Said, a Leste Porto Fuad. Superficie do mar e lagos em preto. No canto esq. inferior da imagem agricultura intensiva. No canto inferior direito, sapal marinho. Areia de praias e deserto em branco, cinza e amarelo claro / Suez Canal, Egypt, Mediterranean Sea entrance.
English: NASA astronaut Tim Kopra tweeted this image with the comment: "Entry to the #SuezCanal in #Egypt, connecting the #Mediterranean to the Red Sea. #shipping #explore @Space_Station" Date 1 March 2016
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