Bahr Yussef

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Bahr Yussef is an ancient canal in Egypt that diverts water from the Nile to the Faiyum region, historically supporting settlements such as Oxyrhynchus.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bahr Yussef canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
associatedWith Faiyum depression hydrology ⓘ
associatedWithAncientCity Oxyrhynchus ⓘ
connectedTo Faiyum irrigation network ⓘ
Lake Qarun ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
divertsWaterFrom Nile ⓘ
flowsIntoRegion Faiyum ⓘ
linked to: Faiyum Oasis
function divert Nile water to Faiyum ⓘ
hasHydrologicalRole branch of Nile irrigation network ⓘ
historicallySupportedSettlement Faiyum settlements ⓘ
Oxyrhynchus ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfMajorUse Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
Ptolemaic Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom

Roman Egypt ⓘ
importance key to development of Faiyum agriculture ⓘ
languageOfName Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Egypt ⓘ
locatedInCountry Arab Republic of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Egypt
locatedInGovernorate Beni Suef Governorate ⓘ
Faiyum Governorate ⓘ
Minya Governorate ⓘ
locatedInRegion Middle Egypt ⓘ
linked to: central Egypt
nameMeaning Joseph’s Canal ⓘ
nameVariant Bahr Yousuf ⓘ
linked to: Bahr Yūsuf

Bahr Yusuf ⓘ
linked to: Bahr Yūsuf
nearbyAncientRegion Arsinoite nome ⓘ
partOf Nile irrigation system ⓘ
regionHydrated Faiyum Basin ⓘ
linked to: Faiyum Oasis
significance enabled cultivation in Faiyum Oasis ⓘ
sourceRiver Nile ⓘ
supportsRegion Faiyum Oasis ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
watercourseType artificial canal ⓘ
irrigation canal ⓘ
waterSupplyFor Faiyum depression ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oxyrhynchus → locatedOn → Bahr Yussef ⓘ
Faiyum Oasis → irrigatedBy → Bahr Yussef ⓘ
Pr-Medjed → locatedOn → Bahr Yussef ⓘ