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


== Land forms ==
== Land forms ==