Bitter Lakes

E778907

group of lakes saline lake system

Bitter Lakes are a group of saline lakes in Egypt’s eastern desert that form part of the Suez Canal waterway.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bitter Lakes canonical	1
Bitter Lakes region	1
Suez Canal lakes	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	group of lakes ⓘ saline lake system ⓘ
basinCountry	Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ
connectedTo	Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
ecoregion	Red Sea coastal desert ⓘ
environmentalIssue	introduction of Lessepsian migrant species via Suez Canal ⓘ salinity changes due to canal operations ⓘ
formedPartOf	Suez Canal route NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicalSetting	tectonic depression on Isthmus of Suez ⓘ
hasFeature	saline aquatic habitat ⓘ wide canal reaches allowing ship passing ⓘ
hasPart	Great Bitter Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Bitter Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEvent	served as anchorage for the Yellow Fleet during Suez Canal closure 1967–1975 ⓘ
inflow	Suez Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	high evaporation rates ⓘ strategic importance for global shipping ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ Ismailia Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Suez Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ Suez Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Isthmus of Suez NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyCity	Ismailia NERFINISHED ⓘ Suez NERFINISHED ⓘ
openedToNavigation	1869 ⓘ
outflow	Suez Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Suez Canal Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ Suez Canal waterway NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	northeastern Egypt ⓘ
salinityComparedTo	higher than average ocean salinity ⓘ
separatedBy	land bridge between Great Bitter Lake and Little Bitter Lake ⓘ
separates	northern section of Suez Canal from southern section ⓘ
strategicFunction	link between Europe and Asia via Suez Canal ⓘ
transportFunction	maritime transit corridor ⓘ
usedAs	anchorage area for ships ⓘ passing area for ships ⓘ
waterBody	Great Bitter Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Bitter Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
waterType	saline ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ismailia Governorate → containsWaterBody → Bitter Lakes ⓘ

Lake Timsah → partOf → Bitter Lakes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suez Canal lakes

Hebrew term "Yam Suf" → linkedToLocationDebate → Bitter Lakes ⓘ

subject surface form: Yam Suf

this entity surface form: Bitter Lakes region