. Europe and other continents . line from Cairo to CapeTown (p. 426). Out-side of the Nile Valley,however, travel stilldepends largely uponthe use of camels (). Suez Canal. —Northeastern Egyptincludes the Isthmusof Suez, which connectsAfrica with Asia. This narrow neck of land has for cen-turies stood as a barrier to water travel from Europe tosoutheastern Asia, compelling Euro-pean vessels to pass all the wayaround Africa in order to reachsouthern Asia. Little wonder is it,therefore, that a ship canal has beenbuilt there. Fig. view of a part of Cairo. The Suez Canal, begun in 185
. Europe and other continents . line from Cairo to CapeTown (p. 426). Out-side of the Nile Valley,however, travel stilldepends largely uponthe use of camels (). Suez Canal. —Northeastern Egyptincludes the Isthmusof Suez, which connectsAfrica with Asia. This narrow neck of land has for cen-turies stood as a barrier to water travel from Europe tosoutheastern Asia, compelling Euro-pean vessels to pass all the wayaround Africa in order to reachsouthern Asia. Little wonder is it,therefore, that a ship canal has beenbuilt there. Fig. view of a part of Cairo. The Suez Canal, begun in 1859, wascompleted in 1869. It extends fromSuez to Port Said (Fig. 297), and iseighty-seven miles long, with a depthof twenty-six feet and a width at thesurface varying from sixty-five to onehundred and twenty yards. Its lengthis much greater than that of the pro-posed Panama Canal, but the difficul-ties of construction were less. The country is very level, and,as in the case of the proposed Nicaraguan Canal, a part of the. Fig. of the mosques in Cairo. EGYPT 439 course (about twenty-one miles) is through a lake. Ten vessels on the average pass through the Suez Canal each day. Estimate the distance saved by this canal in going from London to Calcutta. By agreement among nations it cannot be captured and closed in time of
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