Canopic branch of the Nile
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The Canopic branch of the Nile was the westernmost and one of the main distributaries of the Nile River in ancient Egypt, flowing toward the Mediterranean near the city of Canopus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Canopic branch of the Nile canonical | 2 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
distributary of the Nile
ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ river branch ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aboukir Bay, Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Abu Qir lagoon area
|
| associatedWithDeity | Osiris-Canopus ⓘ |
| closeTo |
Mediterranean coastline of Egypt
ⓘ
modern Abu Qir ⓘ |
| country |
Pharaonic Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Egypt
|
| culturalSignificance | linked to cults at Canopus and nearby coastal cities ⓘ |
| directionOfFlow | north ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| geomorphologicalProcess |
delta progradation
ⓘ
siltation ⓘ |
| hasRole | major western outlet of the Nile to the Mediterranean ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Pharaonic Egypt
ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemaic period
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Egypt
|
| hydrologicalType | delta distributary ⓘ |
| importance | one of the main Nile distributaries in antiquity ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lower Egypt
ⓘ
Nile Delta ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Egyptian texts
ⓘ
ancient Greek sources ⓘ ancient Roman sources ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedNear |
Aboukir Bay, Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Abu Qir Bay
Canopus ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Canopus ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
Alexandria Governorate
ⓘ
surface form:
Alexandria region
Heracleion ⓘ Thonis ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nile
ⓘ
surface form:
Nile River system
ancient Nile Delta drainage network ⓘ western Nile Delta distributary system ⓘ |
| region | northwestern Nile Delta ⓘ |
| relativeLocation | westernmost branch of the Nile Delta ⓘ |
| status |
no longer active distributary
ⓘ
silted up ⓘ |
| transportCorridor | route between inland Nile settlements and Mediterranean ports ⓘ |
| usedFor |
irrigation
ⓘ
navigation ⓘ riverine transport ⓘ trade ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.