Land bridge connecting mainland Asia with mainland Africa
Nile River and delta from orbit
The Isthmus of Suez is the 125-kilometre-wide (78 mi) land bridge[1] that lies between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, east of the Suez Canal, the boundary between the continents of Africa and Asia.[2] To the south is the Gulf of Suez, dividing mainland Egypt from the Sinai Peninsula. The area is mostly flat and barren, with a few hills and rocky outcroppings. The climate is hot and dry, with very little rainfall.
The Isthmus of Suez is located within the country of Egypt. The ancient Egyptians built a canal through the isthmus, which was later expanded and improved by the Persians, the Ptolemies, and the Romans.
^"Suez Canal." Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed April 2014.
^Hughes, William (1908). The advanced class-book of modern geography, by W. Hughes and J.F. Williams. By W. Hughes. p. 332.
The IsthmusofSuez is the 125-kilometre-wide (78 mi) land bridge that lies between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, east of the Suez Canal, the...
the Red Sea through the IsthmusofSuez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest of Egypt). The 193.30-kilometre-long...
continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the IsthmusofSuez and the Red Sea to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast...
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Levant, the island of Cyprus, the Sinai Peninsula and the South Caucasus. The region is separated from Africa by the IsthmusofSuez in Egypt, and separated...
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on the north coast of the Gulf ofSuez on the Red Sea, near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal, and is the capital of the Suez Governorate. It has...
Ismailia as Desert Marvels: Delusion and Frustration on the IsthmusofSuez, 1859-1869". Journal of Urban History. 46 (3): 622–647. doi:10.1177/0096144218821342...
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James Hoffmeier state that these reedy lakes and marshes along the isthmusofSuez are acceptable locations for yam suf. The ancient yam suf is not confined...
from much of Asia by the Red Sea, Africa is joined to Asia at its northeast extremity by the IsthmusofSuez (which is transected by the Suez Canal), 130 km...
Academy of History]. dbe.rah.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 December 2023. Segundo Montesino, C. (1858). "Canal del istmo de Suez" [IsthmusofSuez Canal]...
the piercing of the isthmusofSuez (Commission Internationale pour le percement de l'isthme de Suez) was the commission consisting of various European...
traditional continents of Europe and Asia. It is divided from Africa by the IsthmusofSuez. Some states such as Malta are traditionally part of Eurasia, however...
it possesses a land bridge (the IsthmusofSuez) between Africa and Asia, traversed by a navigable waterway (the Suez Canal) that connects the Mediterranean...
d'Études du Canal de Suez and took part in the exploration tour to the isthmusofSuez in 1847. Because of the outbreak of revolutions of 1848 and the following...
malachite its green color. Malachite was mined from deposits near the IsthmusofSuez and the Sinai as early as 4000 BCE. It was extensively mined at the...
territories and regions. Geologically, Asia is part of Eurasia and due to the IsthmusofSuez forms part of Afro-Eurasia. Transcontinental country in Africa...
of the ocean's most difficult underwater passages, such as those beneath the Antarctic ice barrier, as well as a fictitious tunnel under the Isthmus of...
effects of light. Other works are his Panorama of Rome from Monte Mario, IsthmusofSuez, and Close of the Carnival at Rome. He joined revolutionary movements...
Gulf ofSuez and the Gulf of Aqaba of the Red Sea. It is linked to the African continent by the IsthmusofSuez, 125 kilometres (78 mi) wide strip of land...
engineers constituting the International Commission for the piercing of the isthmusofSuez. Encouraged by the engineers' approval, Lesseps no longer allowed...
of Europe in prehistory. However, North Africa is connected to Western Asia via the IsthmusofSuez and the Sinai peninsula, while at the Straits of Gibraltar...
northward of the Arabian Desert), and southward from the Alma-Dagh (ancient Amanus), one of the ranges of the Taurus, to the frontiers of Egypt (Isthmusof Suez)...
September 1885. "Billion-dollar Palestine Canal Urged As Substitute for Suez". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 29 November 1937. Alfred Williams (1880). The...
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