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* canals | * canals | ||
** man-made straits | ** man-made straits | ||
** | *** Bahr Yussef | ||
** | **** connects the Nile to the Faiyum Oasis and Lake Moeris, built 2300 BC | ||
** | *** Canal of the Pharaohs | ||
**** connected the Nile to the Red Sea | |||
**** built by Necho II, Assyrian ruler of Egypt in 7th century BC | |||
**** Persian king Darius I bragged of building a canal linking the Nile to the Red Sea (6th century BC) | |||
*** Corinth Canal | |||
*** Grand Canal | |||
**** conntected the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers, built under the Sui dynasty (6th century AD) | |||
*** Suez Canal | |||
*** Panama Canal | |||
== Land forms == | == Land forms == | ||