List of lakes of Egypt
Egyptcontains manylakescurrently and other lakes that have vanished.[1]
Current lakes
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A vast reservoir in southern Egypt and northernSudancreated by the damming of the Nile after the construction of theHigh Dam of Aswan.
Salt or brackish water lake. In northeastern Egypt on the Nile Delta nearPort Said,Damietta,DakahlyiaandSharqyiagovernorates.
Asalt lakein northern Egypt, betweenAlexandriaand Al-Buhira (Beheiraactually is named after it) Governorates.
Salt water Lake inNorth SinaiGovernorate. It is said that it is named after KingBaldwin I of Jerusalemof theFirst Crusadeand that he was buried there.
Lake MoerisorQarounLake
[edit]Brackish water Lake. SouthRiver Nile DeltainFayoumGovernorate.
Wadi ElrayanLakes
[edit]Brackish water Lake. InFayoumGovernorate
Salt water lake inAl BouhairaGovernorate
River water Lake. In South Western Part ofEgypt.
A salt water lake between the north and south part of theSuez Canal,includes Greater Bitter Lake and Lesser Bitter Lakes andel-Temmsah Lake(The crocodile lake). InIsmailiaGovernorate.
Borolus LakeorParaloslake
[edit]Salt water Lake in North shore of River Nile Delta, Western corner inKafr el-SheikhGovernorate.
Wadi El NatrunLakes
[edit]Salt alkaline water lakes (Contain Natron Salt) inWadi Natronarea nearel-Qattara DepressioninMatruhGovernorate.
InMatrouh Governorate,Siwa Oasisin Western Desert.
References
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- ^Lakes of Egypt
- ^Manzala LakeArchivedMay 24, 2011, at theWayback Machine
- ^Siwa LakesArchived2008-07-05 at theWayback Machine
External links
[edit]- Parmenter, B. M. (January 1991).The northern lakes of Egypt: Encounters with a wetland environment(Thesis).OSTI5474411.
- Historic Photos of Egyptian Lakesfrom The New York Public Library Digital Library.
