Bitter Lakes

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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.

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