Suez Canal

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artificial waterway canal shipping route

The Suez Canal is a man-made waterway in Egypt that links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, serving as one of the world’s most important shipping routes between Europe and Asia.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form As subject As object
Egyptian canal between Nile and Red Sea 0 1
New Suez Canal 0 1
New Suez Canal project 0 1
Red Sea trade routes 0 1
Red Sea via Suez 0 1
Suez 0 1
Suez Canal obstruction 0 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial waterway →
canal →
shipping route →
annualTraffic one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world →
blockageDate 2021-03-23 →
blockageDuration about six days →
blockedBy Ever Given →
bypasses Cape of Good Hope route →
chiefEngineer Ferdinand de Lesseps →
closedDuring Six-Day War →
Suez Crisis →
connects Mediterranean Sea →
Port Said →
Red Sea →
Gulf of Suez →
surface form: Suez
constructedBy Suez Canal Company →
constructionEndDate 1869 →
constructionStartDate 1859 →
continent Africa →
country Egypt →
expansionOpeningDate 2015-08-06 →
expansionPurpose increase capacity →
reduce waiting time →
hasExpansion Suez Canal self-linksurface differs →
surface form: New Suez Canal
hasNoLocks true →
inaugurationDate 1869-11-17 →
length about 120 miles →
about 193 km →
locatedIn Egypt →
locatedInCity Ismailia →
Port Said →
Suez →
maximumDraft about 20.1 m →
maximumShipBeam about 77.5 m →
nationalizationDate 1956-07-26 →
nationalizedBy Gamal Abdel Nasser →
notableIncident Ever Given grounding in 2021 →
openedBy Ismail Pasha →
operator Suez Canal Authority →
ownedBy Egypt →
partOf Isthmus of Suez →
percentageOfWorldTrade significant share of global maritime trade →
primaryUse maritime trade →
oil transport →
relatedEvent Suez Crisis →
reopenedDate 1975 →
strategicImportance major route between Europe and Asia →
waterSource Mediterranean Sea →
Red Sea →

Referenced by (38)

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

Mediterranean Sea → connectedBy → Suez Canal →
this entity surface form: Suez
Cairo–Suez line → connectsTo → Suez Canal →
this entity surface form: Red Sea via Suez
Gulf of Suez → connectsTo → Suez Canal →
Gulf of Aden → connectsToVia → Suez Canal →
Middle East → crossedBy → Suez Canal →
Ever Given → groundingLocation → Suez Canal →
Isthmus of Suez → hasCanal → Suez Canal →
Port Said → hasCanal → Suez Canal →
Suez Canal → hasExpansion → Suez Canal self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: New Suez Canal
Mediterranean Sea → hasInflow → Suez Canal →
Gulf of Aden → linkedWaterway → Suez Canal →
Suez → locatedNear → Suez Canal →
Ismailia → locatedOnWaterbody → Suez Canal →
Suez → locatedOnWaterway → Suez Canal →
Suez Crisis → location → Suez Canal →
Tripartite Aggression → location → Suez Canal →
War of Attrition → location → Suez Canal →
Suez Canal Authority → maintains → Suez Canal →
Suez Canal Authority → manages → Suez Canal →
Ever Given → notableEvent → Suez Canal →
this entity surface form: Suez Canal obstruction
this entity surface form: Egyptian canal between Nile and Red Sea
Ferdinand de Lesseps → notableWork → Suez Canal →
Suez Canal Company → operatedCanal → Suez Canal →
Suez Canal Authority → operates → Suez Canal →
Egyptian Navy → operatesIn → Suez Canal →
this entity surface form: New Suez Canal project
Gulf of Suez → southernEntranceOf → Suez Canal →
this entity surface form: Red Sea trade routes
Isthmus of Suez → traversedBy → Suez Canal →