In the Suez canal region, the correct order of lakes lying from North to South direction is –
[UPPSC 2019]
1) Lake Timsah – Little Bitter Lake – Great Bitter Lake – Lake Manzala
2) Great Bitter Lake – Little Bitter Lake – Lake Timsah – Lake Manzala
3) Lake Manzala – Great Bitter Lake – Little Bitter Lake – Lake Timsah
4) Lake Manzala – Lake Timsah – Great Bitter Lake – Little Bitter Lake
4) Lake Manzala – Lake Timsah – Great Bitter Lake – Little Bitter Lake
Lake Manzala
Brackish lake.
It is also called a lagoon.
Northeastern Egypt on the Nile Delta
It is the largest of the northern deltaic lakes of Egypt.
The Great Bitter Lake
It is a saltwater lake in Egypt, connected to the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea via the Suez Canal.
It is connected to the
Small Bitter Lake.
Before the canal was built, the site was a dry salt basin
Little Bitter Lake is in Egypt.
Lake Timsah
It is also known as Crocodile Lak.
It is a lake in Egypt on the Nile delta.
It lies in a basin developed along a fault extending from the Mediterranean Sea to the Gulf of Suez through the Bitter Lakes region.
Additional Information
The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez.
It defines the border between Africa and Asia.
Constructed by the Suez Canal Company between 1859 and 1869.
The canal offers watercraft a more direct route between the North Atlantic and northern Indian oceans via the Mediterranean and Red seas, thus avoiding the South Atlantic and southern Indian oceans.
It reduces the journey distance from the Arabian Sea to Europe.