Lake Timsah
Lake Timsah | |
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Al Isma'iliyah, Egypt | |
Coordinates | 30°34′00″N 32°17′00″E / 30.56667°N 32.28333°E |
Lake type | Hydrographic |
Surface area | 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi) |
Water volume | 80,000,000 m3 (2.8×109 cu ft) |
Lake Timsah, also known as Crocodile Lake (
Geography
Lake Timsah lies within a depression that spans the isthmus between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.[4] The lowest points of the depression form shallow natural lakes, of which Timsah is one.[4] The surface area of Lake Timsah covers 5.4 square miles.[5] Most of the lake is marshy and depth rarely exceeds 3 feet (1 metre).[6]
It has been asserted that, in ancient times, Lake Timsah was the northern terminus of the Red Sea.[7][8]
On March 4, 1863, the city of
Canals
Canal of the Pharaohs
Lake Timsah possibly first became a juncture for canal construction approximately 4,000 years ago during the
Suez Canal
Suez Canal construction in the vicinity of Lake Timsah began in 1861 on the segment north of the lake. The
Environment
Salinity
Lake Timsah is a
Pollution
In 2002, a study was conducted to check the concentrations of
In 2003, a number of groups attempted to relieve the lake of pollution.[16] It was a significant event for the local community, since the lake is of economic importance to the city and its fishermen.[16]
Notes
- ISBN 0-567-02592-6.
- ^ Hoffmeier, p.43
- ^ Stanley, p.32
- ^ ISBN 9780784475508. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
- ^ a b "Ismailia". Retrieved 2009-04-09.
- ^ a b c d e f g Stephan Gollasch, Andrew N. Cohen (2006). Bridging Divides: Maritime Canals as Invasion Corridors. Springer. p. 229. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
- ^ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, s.v. "Suez Canal". Accessed 14 May 2008.
- ^ Nourse, p.54
- ^ Shea, William H. "A Date for the Recently Discovered Eastern Canal of Egypt" Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, No. 226 (Apr., 1977), pp. 31-38
- ^ Paice, Patricia "Persians" in Kathryn A. Bard and Steven Blake Shubert, eds. Encyclopedia of the Archeology of Ancient Egypt(New York: Routledge, 1999),
- ^ a b c d e f g Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain), Statistical Society (Great Britain). (1887). Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Royal Statistical Society. pp. 503–509. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
- ^ ISBN 9780415382021. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
- ISBN 0-7844-0738-X.
- ^ a b c "US EPA". Retrieved 2009-04-09.
- ^ a b Yasmine El-Rashidi. "Making a city livable". Al-Ahram News. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
References
- Hoffmeier, James Karl (2005). Ancient Israel in Sinai. Oxford University Press US. ISBN 0-19-515546-7.
- Stanley, Henry Morton. My Early Travels and Adventures in America and Asia.
- Nourse, Joseph Everett. The Maritime Canal of Suez.