Bahr Yussef
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The Bahr Yussef is a canal which connects the Nile River with Faiyum Oasis in Egypt.
Bahr Yussef near the town of Minya
Lake Moeris
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Lake Moeris was an ancient endorheic freshwater lake located in the Faiyum Oasis, 80 km southwest of Cairo, Egypt, which persists today at a fraction of its former size as the hypersaline Lake Qarun.
Bahr Yussef
…created a lake to the west during high floods. Beginning with the Twelfth Dynasty, the waterway was enlarged and the Fayyum was developed to enlarge Lake Moeris (now Birket Qarun). The canal was built into the natural incline of the valley, creating a channel 15 km long and 5 m deep that sloped into the Fayyum…
Ruins of one of the Pedestals of Biahmu
Little egrets and many other Eurasian water birds migrate to Lake Qarun for the winter.
Lake Qarun as seen from the Lake Qarun Protected Area