Isthmus of Suez

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The Isthmus of Suez is the narrow land bridge between Africa and Asia in Egypt that serves as a crucial junction for global trade and navigation.

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AI-generated illustration of Isthmus of Suez

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Isthmus of Suez (The Isthmus of Suez is the narrow land bridge between Africa and Asia in Egypt that serves as a crucial junction for global trade and navigation.)

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Isthmus of Suez canonical 9
Isthmus of Sinai 1
Sinai land bridge 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf isthmus ⓘ
land bridge ⓘ
approximateLength about 100 miles ⓘ
about 160 kilometers ⓘ
approximateWidth about 125 kilometers ⓘ
about 77 miles ⓘ
arabicName Barzakh as-Suways ⓘ
borderedByWaterBody Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ
connects African mainland ⓘ
Asian mainland ⓘ
contains Great Bitter Lake vicinity ⓘ
Lake Timsah vicinity ⓘ
Little Bitter Lake vicinity ⓘ
continentSeparating Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
formsLandBoundaryBetween Egyptian mainland in Africa ⓘ
Sinai Peninsula in Asia ⓘ
linked to: Sinai Peninsula
geologicalRole boundary between African Plate and Arabian Plate ⓘ
hasCanal Suez Canal ⓘ
hasEconomicImportance facilitates container shipping ⓘ
facilitates oil transport ⓘ
hasFeature coastal lagoons and lakes ⓘ
low-lying desert terrain ⓘ
hasInfrastructure rail links between Egyptian regions ⓘ
roads connecting Africa and Asia ⓘ
historicalRole military corridor between continents ⓘ
overland trade route between Africa and Asia ⓘ
linksSea Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ
locatedIn Middle East ⓘ
Sinai Peninsula region ⓘ
linked to: Sinai Peninsula
locatedInCountry Arab Republic of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Egypt
navigationRole shortest sea route between Europe and Asia via Suez Canal ⓘ
nearCity Ismailia ⓘ
Port Said ⓘ
Suez ⓘ
partOf Isthmus of Suez region of Egypt ⓘ
politicalSignificance chokepoint for international shipping ⓘ
regionNameLanguage Arabic ⓘ
regionType arid ⓘ
separates Mediterranean basin from Red Sea basin ⓘ
strategicImportance global trade ⓘ
maritime navigation ⓘ
traversedBy Suez Canal ⓘ
usedSince ancient times as trade route ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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

Suez Canal → partOf → Isthmus of Suez ⓘ
Eurasia → connectedBy → Isthmus of Suez ⓘ
Suez → locatedOnIsthmus → Isthmus of Suez ⓘ
Tell el-Farama → locatedNear → Sinai land bridge ⓘ
linked to: Isthmus of Suez
Afro-Eurasia → connectedByIsthmus → Isthmus of Suez ⓘ
Afro-Eurasia → connectedByIsthmus → Isthmus of Sinai ⓘ
linked to: Isthmus of Suez
Barzakh as-Suways → isArabicNameOf → Isthmus of Suez ⓘ
Barzakh as-Suways → nameMeaning → Isthmus of Suez ⓘ
Lake Timsah → locatedOn → Isthmus of Suez ⓘ
Bitter Lakes → locatedOn → Isthmus of Suez ⓘ