Question
Write a short notes on Suez Canal.
Solution
The Suez Canal:
(i) This man-made canal has been constructed in 1869 in Egypt between Port Said in the north and Port Suez in the south to link the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
(ii) It gives Europe a new gateway to the Indian Ocean and reduces direct sea-route distance by half (about (6,000 km) on the voyage from London and Liverpool to Mumbai as compared with the Cape of Good Hope Route.
(iii) It is a sea-level canal without locks and about 160 km long. About 100 ships travel daily as against 17 in 1938.
(i) This man-made canal has been constructed in 1869 in Egypt between Port Said in the north and Port Suez in the south to link the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
(ii) It gives Europe a new gateway to the Indian Ocean and reduces direct sea-route distance by half (about (6,000 km) on the voyage from London and Liverpool to Mumbai as compared with the Cape of Good Hope Route.
(iii) It is a sea-level canal without locks and about 160 km long. About 100 ships travel daily as against 17 in 1938.
