List of lakes of Egypt
Egypt contains many lakes currently and other lakes that have vanished.[1]
Current lakes[edit]
Lake Nasser[edit]
A vast reservoir in southern Egypt and northern Sudan created by the damming of the Nile after the construction of the High Dam of Aswan.
Manzala Lake[2][edit]
Salt or brackish water lake. In northeastern Egypt on the Nile Delta near Port Said, Damietta, Dakahlyia and Sharqyia governorates.
Maryut Lake[edit]
A salt lake in northern Egypt, between Alexandria and Al-Buhira (Beheira actually is named after it) Governorates.
Lake Bardawil[edit]
Salt water Lake in North Sinai Governorate. It is said that it is named after King Baldwin I of Jerusalem of the First Crusade and that he was buried there.
Lake Moeris or Qaroun Lake[edit]
Brackish water Lake. South River Nile Delta in Fayoum Governorate.
Wadi Elrayan Lakes[edit]
Brackish water Lake. In Fayoum Governorate
Edko Lake[edit]
Salt water lake in Al Bouhaira Governorate
Toshka Lakes[edit]
River water Lake. In South Western Part of Egypt.
Great Bitter Lake or al-Buhayrat al-Murrah[edit]
A salt water lake between the north and south part of the Suez Canal, includes Greater Bitter Lake and Lesser Bitter Lakes and el-Temmsah Lake (The crocodile lake). In Ismailia Governorate.
Borolus Lake or Paralos lake[edit]
Salt water Lake in North shore of River Nile Delta, Western corner in Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate.
Wadi El Natrun Lakes[edit]
Salt alkaline water lakes (Contain Natron Salt) in Wadi Natron area near el-Qattara Depression in Matruh Governorate.
Salt lakes of Siwa[3][edit]
In Matrouh Governorate, Siwa Oasis in Western Desert.
References[edit]
- ^ Lakes of Egypt
- ^ Manzala Lake Archived May 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Siwa Lakes Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
External links[edit]
- Parmenter, B. M. (January 1991). The northern lakes of Egypt: Encounters with a wetland environment (Thesis). OSTI 5474411.
- Historic Photos of Egyptian Lakes from The New York Public Library Digital Library.
