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== Water bodies == | == Water bodies == | ||
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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 | |||
* 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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=== | === river === | ||
=== stream === | |||
== Land forms == | == Land forms == | ||