记得SINDY有带大家去看巴拿马运河，今天我带大家去看看苏伊士运河吧

The entire length of Egypt's Suez Canal (dark north-south line) is visible in this low-oblique (倾斜的) tending from the port city of Suez in the south to Port Said in the north, a distance of approximately (大约) 100 miles (160 kilometers), the canal connects the Red Sea with the eastern Mediterranean Sea.




苏伊士运河(Suez Canal)位于埃及境内，是连通欧亚非三大洲的主要国际海运航道，连接红海与地中海，使大西洋、地中海与印度洋联结起来，大大缩短了东西方航程。与绕道非洲好望角相比，从欧洲大西洋沿岸各国到印度洋缩短５５００８００９公里；从地中海各国到印度洋缩短８０００１００００公里；对黑海沿岸来说，则缩短了１２０００公里，它是一条在国际航运中具有重要战略意义的国际海运航道，每年承担着全世界１４％的海运贸易。



Egypt's Suez Canal was completed in 1869, to shorten the route between Europe and the Indian Ocean. It can accommodate (容纳,适应) some of the world's largest cargo (货物) vessels (船) and naval (海军的) ships.

苏伊士运河于1869年完工，缩短了欧洲和印度洋之间的航程，能容纳世界上大量的货物，船只以及航舰




It had no locks because there is no great difference between the levels of the Red and Mediterranean Seas. Most of the canal can handle only single-lane traffic. When the canal was constructed it measured 8 metres deep, 22 metres wide at the bottom and about 70 metres wide at the surface. It has been enlarged (扩大)several times to handle (应付) bigger ships and more traffic. At present about 25,000 ships pass through the canal every year.

The Suez Canal is called "ganatus- subways" in Arabic.

运河并没有被锁上因为红海和地中海之间的水位差别并不是很大。大多数的运河只能通过单航线的运输。当运河刚建成的时候只有规定的8米深，底部22米宽，河表面只有70米宽。后来经过几次的扩大和加深，已经可以运行越来越大的船只和越来越多的运输。目前每年的通航量大约有2.5万。被称为阿拉伯的"水上地铁"




Suez Canal, Gulf of Suez, Sinai Peninsula, United Arab Republic (Egypt), Mediterranean Sea, as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 13th revolution (绕转) of the earth. Photographed from an altitude (高度) of 126 nautical (航海的) miles, at ground elapsed time (共用...时) of 19 hours and 42 minutes.




苏伊士运河唯一的跨海大桥--"穆巴拉克大桥"





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