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In prehistory it was a freshwater lake, but is today a saltwater lake. [1] It is a source for tilapia and other fish for the local area. Differing from typical oases , whose fertility depends on water obtained from springs, the cultivated land in the Faiyum is formed of Nile mud brought by the Bahr Yussef canal, 24 km (15 miles) in length. [ 2 ]
A salt water lake between the north and south part of the Suez Canal, includes Greater Bitter Lake and Lesser Bitter Lakes and el-Temmsah Lake (The crocodile lake). In Ismailia Governorate. Borolus Lake or Paralos lake
Dummy birds to attract and hunt migrating birds in Lake Bardawil. Lake Bardawil (Arabic: بحيرة البردويل, romanized: Buḥayrat al-Bardawīl or سبخة البردويل Sabḵat al-Bardawīl), is a large, very saline lagoon nearby the protected area of Zaranik (also known for diversities of insects [2] and waterbirds [3] [4]) in Egypt on the north coast of the Sinai Peninsula.
Location of the Toshka Lakes and Lake Nasser in Egypt. Photograph of the Toshka Lakes taken Dec. 2002 from the International Space Station looking NE. Lake Nasser is the very long lake that lies east of the lakes. Wadi Toshka is the large bay in Lake Nasser directly east of the Toshka lakes. The Western Desert of Egypt can be seen west of Lake ...
By the twelfth century the lake had dwindled to a collection of salt lakes and salt flats [3] and it had dried up by the Late Middle Ages. [4] At least 250 years ago, the lake was fresh water, and much of it would dry up during the period just before the Nile flooded again.
Moghra Oasis consists of a 4 km 2 (1.5 sq mi) lake containing brackish water some 38 metres (125 ft) below sea level. Adjoining it are salt marshes and some Phragmites swamps. To the south and west there are sand dunes near the lake and extensive sheets of sand beyond.
Lake Manzala (Arabic: بحيرة المنزلة baḥīrat manzala), also Manzaleh, is a brackish lake, sometimes called a lagoon, in northeastern Egypt on the Nile Delta near Port Said and a few miles from the ancient ruins at Tanis. [1] [2] It is the largest of the northern deltaic lakes of Egypt. [3]
Strabo describes the lake harbour as being busier than the harbours on the sea. [2] During the period of Roman Egypt, grain was exported in large quantities from the city's Western Harbour, earning it the name "Portus Magnus". The grain was brought down the Nile by barge and stored in large granaries near the shore of Lake Mareotis before shipping.