4,993
edits
m (→Water bodies) |
|||
Line 50: | Line 50: | ||
* 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 == |