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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).
Construction of the Suez canal. The opening of the Suez Canal created the first saltwater passage between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Constructed in 1869 to provide a more direct trade route from Europe to India and the Far East, the canal is 162.5 km (101.0 mi) long, with a depth of 10–15 m (33–49 ft) and a width varying between ...
Lessepsian migrants, named after Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French engineer in charge of the Suez Canal's construction, are marine species that are native to the waters on one side of the Suez Canal, and which have been introduced by passage through the canal to the waters on its other side, giving rise to new colonies there and often becoming invasive.
After this invasion and occupation of the Suez Canal, many nations expressed extreme concern, mainly the United States and from the British and French people themselves. Fears of Soviet intervention in the war made tensions worsen and further discouraged Britain and France from continuing their invasion.
Gulf of Suez in the northern end of the Red Sea, leading to the Suez Canal; Gulf of Taranto in the Mediterranean between the toe and the heel of Italy; Gulf of Tartary between Russia and Sakhalin; Gulf of Thailand just south of Thailand in the Pacific Ocean South China Seas; Gulf of Tonkin just east of northern Vietnam in the Pacific Ocean
The usual line taken to divide Africa from Asia today is at the Isthmus of Suez, the narrowest gap between the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Suez, the route today followed by the Suez Canal. This makes the Sinai Peninsula geographically Asian, and Egypt a transcontinental country. Less than 2% of the Egyptian population live on the Sinai ...
During the 20th century, U.S.-Panama tensions worsened and there were growing protests against U.S. control of the canal, notably after the Suez Canal crisis in 1956, when British and French plans ...
The Bar-Lev Line evolved from a group of rudimentary fortifications placed along the canal line. In response to Egyptian artillery bombardments during the War of Attrition, Israel developed the fortifications into an elaborate defense system spanning 150 km (93 mi) along Suez Canal, with the exception of the Great Bitter Lake (where a canal crossing was unlikely due to the width of the lake).