Lake Manzala

Lake Manzala
Lake Manzala
	The Nile Delta
	Lake Manzala
Coordinates	31°16′N 32°12′E / 31.267°N 32.200°E
Type	Brackish
Basin countries	Egypt

Lake Manzala (Arabic: بحيرة المنزلة baḥīrat manzala), also Manzaleh, is a brackish lake, sometimes called a lagoon, in northeastern Egypt on the Nile Delta near Port Said and a few miles from the ancient ruins at Tanis.^[1]^[2] It is the largest of the northern deltaic lakes of Egypt.^[3] As of 2008 it is 47 km long and 30 km wide.^[3]

^ Dinar, p.51
^ Margaret S. Drower (1995). Flinders Petrie: a life in archaeology (Second ed.). ASCE Publications. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-299-14624-5. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
^ ^a ^b Zahran, p.283

[DINAR-1] Dinar, p.51

[drower-2] Margaret S. Drower (1995). Flinders Petrie: a life in archaeology (Second ed.). ASCE Publications. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-299-14624-5. Retrieved 2009-04-10.

[ZAHRAN-3] Zahran, p.283

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