Suez Canal

The Suez Canal (Arabic:, Qantu as-Suways) is a manmade sea-level waterway in Egypt that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea and divides Africa and Asia through the Isthmus of Suez. The Silk Road, which connects Europe and Asia, includes the canal.
Ferdinand de Lesseps established the Suez Canal Company in 1858 with the sole goal of constructing the canal. From 1859 until 1869, the canal was under construction. On November 17, 1869, the canal was formally inaugurated. It provides vessels with a direct route between the North Atlantic and northern Indian oceans via the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, avoiding the South Atlantic and southern Indian oceans and cutting the journey time from the Arabian Sea to London from 10 days to 8 days at 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph). [1] The canal runs from Port Said's northern terminus to Port Tewfik's southern terminus in the city of Oman.
The original canal was a single-lane waterway that passed through the Ballah Bypass and the Great Bitter Lake. [3] According to Alois Negrelli's ideas, it had no lock mechanisms and allowed saltwater to flow freely through it. The water in the canal north of the Bitter Lakes generally flows north in the winter and south in the summer. The current fluctuates with the tide at Suez south of the lakes.