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Isthmus of Suez

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The Isthmus of Suez is the 75-mile-wide (125-km) strip of land[1] that lies between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and is the boundary between the continents of Africa and Asia.[2] Beneath it runs the Suez Rift, dividing mainland Egypt and Africa from the Sinai Peninsula. It is located within the country of Egypt, geographically linking the Mediterranean and Red Seas. Like many other isthmuses, it is a location of great strategic and historical value, most notably due to the presence of the Suez Canal.

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References

  1. ^ "Suez Canal." Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed April 2014.
  2. ^ Hughes, William (1908). The advanced class-book of modern geography, by W. Hughes and J.F. Williams. By W. Hughes. p. 332.

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