Faiyum - Fayoum University, Bahr Yussef (Paperback)

Chapters: Fayoum University, Bahr Yussef. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Bahr Yussef( )(Arabic: ?), which roughly translates from Arabic as "the waterway of Joseph," is a canal which connects the Nile River with Fayyum in Egypt. This was originally in prehistoric times a natural offshoot of the Nile which created a lake to the west during high floods. Beginning with the 12th dynasty, the waterway was enlarged and the Fayyum was developed to enlarge Lake Moeris. 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 depression. The canal was controlled by the Ha-Uar Dam, which was actually two dams that regulated the flow into the lake and out of the Nile. As the surrounding area changed at about 230 BC, the Bahr Yussef eventually became neglected, leaving most of Lake Moeris to dry up creating the depression that exists today and the modern province of Al Fayyum. The Bahr Yussef still exists today, feeding water northwards into the Birket Qarun, parallel with the Nile. ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=3894076