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== Water bodies ==
== Water bodies ==
=== lake ===
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=== bay ===
=== bay ===
=== canal ===
* man-made straits
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* 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
** connected the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers, built under the Sui dynasty (6th century AD)
* Suez Canal
* Panama Canal
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=== cape ===
=== cape ===
=== channel ===
=== channel ===
=== delta ===
=== delta ===
=== lake ===
=== ocean ===
=== ocean ===
=== sea ===
=== sea ===
=== strait & channel ===
=== strait & channel ===
a narrow body of water that connects larger bodies of water, or, a narrow channel that separates land masses
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** important straits and channels
* important straits and channels
* Bosporus Strait:  
* Bosporus Strait:  
** connects Black Sea to Aegean/Mediterranean Seas
** connects Black Sea to Aegean/Mediterranean Seas
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*** [[https://www.morethanshipping.com/the-worlds-top-10-strategic-straits-and-channels Top 10 Straits and Channels (morethanshipping.com)]]
*** [[https://www.morethanshipping.com/the-worlds-top-10-strategic-straits-and-channels Top 10 Straits and Channels (morethanshipping.com)]]
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* click expand to see list of important straits
* Click EXPAND to see list of important straits
=== canals ===
=== river ===
** man-made straits
=== stream ===
** 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
*** connected the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers, built under the Sui dynasty (6th century AD)
** Suez Canal
** Panama Canal


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