Suez Isthmus [1] ( Arabic: برزخ السويس , Barzah es-Suvays [2] ) - connects Asia ( Sinai Peninsula ) and Africa . Separates the Red Sea in the south from the Mediterranean in the north, the minimum distance between the seas is 116 km. The isthmus is occupied by sandy and rocky deserts, almost devoid of vegetation. Lowlands are occupied by salt marshes and salt lakes, the largest of which is the Big Gorky Lake . There are no natural sources of fresh water. In 1869, the Suez Canal was built on the isthmus.
Notes
- ↑ Suez Isthmus // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 352.
- ↑ Instructions for the transfer on maps of the geographical names of Arab countries. - M .: Nauka, 1966 .-- S. 28.
Links
- Suez Isthmus // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.