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Lake Qārūn

lake, Egypt

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hydrology of Lake Moeris

In Lake Moeris
…represented by the much smaller Lake Qārūn. Researches on the desert margin of the depression indicate that in early Paleolithic times the lake’s waters stood about 120 feet (37 m) above sea level and probably filled the depression; the lake’s level gradually fell until about 10,000 bc, when it was…
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physiography of Al-Fayyūm

In Al-Fayyūm
The present Lake Qārūn in the depression is sustained by a partial diversion of the Nile into the Yūsuf (Ibrāhīmiyyah) Canal, which follows the ancient channel of the Nile into the Fayyūm, branching out to provide irrigation water. The brackish lake, occupying 85 square miles (220 square…
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