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Lake Manzala
The Nile Delta
Location of Lake Manzala in Egypt.
Location of Lake Manzala in Egypt.
Lake Manzala
Coordinates31°16′N 32°12′E / 31.267°N 32.200°E / 31.267; 32.200
TypeBrackish
Basin countriesEgypt

Lake Manzala (Arabic: بحيرة المنزلة baḥīrat manzala), also Manzaleh, is a brackish lake, sometimes called a lagoon, in northeastern Egypt on the Nile Delta near Port Said and a few miles from the ancient ruins at Tanis.[1][2] It is the largest of the northern deltaic lakes of Egypt.[3] As of 2008 it is 47 km long and 30 km wide.[3]

  1. ^ Dinar, p.51
  2. ^ Margaret S. Drower (1995). Flinders Petrie: a life in archaeology (Second ed.). ASCE Publications. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-299-14624-5. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
  3. ^ a b Zahran, p.283

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