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Suez Canal
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LEBANON

LIBYA

IRAQ

SYRIA

SAUDI

ARABIA

CHAD

YEMEN

IRAN

CYPRUS

ISRAEL

EGYPT

SUDAN

ERITREA

DJIBOUTI

SOMALILAND

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Ethiopian

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Sinai

Hurghada

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Wadi HalfaDongola

El Fasher

Gedaref

TeseneyHimora

Mits’iwa

Boosaaso

‘Aseb Berbera

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Gonder

Dilling

Bahir Dar

Kadugli

Nyala

El Geneina

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Atbara

Al Iskandar

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(Alexandria)

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(Giza)

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CAIRO KHARTOUM

ASMARA

DJIBOUTI

(administered bySudan)

(administered by Egypt)

For thousands of years the Nile has supportedcultivation in the Aswan region, despite it beingone of the driest places on Earth, with an averageof only 0.02 inches (0.5 mm) of rain per year.

When first opened in 1869, the Suez Canalconsisted of a channel 26 ft (8 m) deep and200 to 300 ft (60 to 90 m) wide at the surface.Construction involved the excavation anddredging of 97 million cubic yards(74 million cubic metres) of material.

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AFRICA

Northeast Africa

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