Room 613 Student Blogs - 2005/2006

Did you know that the location of the Suez canal is in the northeastern corner of Africa and the corner of southwestern Asia? The Suez Canal is a shortcut for ships so they don’t have to go all the way around the continent of Africa. The Suez Canal is the longest canal in […]

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Ah,the Suez Canal a brilliant piece of history,people,and enginering. First I’ll speak of its engineering. Stretching about 101 miles it connects the Red Sea to the Mediteranean Sea. Without the canal traders from around the world would have to make a 6,000 mile extra journey. After a great deal of work […]

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The suez canal is west of the Sinai Peninsula. It is placed in Egypt between Port said on the Mediterranean Sea and Suez on the Red Sea. Also, the canal allows two-way north to south water transport between Europe and Asia without going around Africa. The canal makes up two parts, north and south of […]

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Can you believe that The Suez Canal is 120 miles long? Well it is. An amazing fact about The Suez Canal is that about 25,000 ships pass though it every year. The maximum depth of the canal is 23 meters allowing ships a maximm drought of 62 feet. In case you […]

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(Ali) Are you ready to learn about the Suez Canal? (Brianna) Well now is your chance. We will tell you about the human characteristics, history and, physical characteristics!
Now for the human characteristics. The suez canal connects the mediterranean sea to the red sea. It is usually titled “the crossroads of Europe, Africa, and, Asia […]

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