Birket Qarun

E816946

Birket Qarun is a large, saline lake in Egypt’s Faiyum Depression, historically linked to ancient Lake Moeris and known for its unique ecology and archaeological significance.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Birket Qarun canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lake ⓘ
natural water body ⓘ
associatedWith Faiyum archaeological heritage ⓘ
associatedWithPeriod Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
basinCountry Egypt ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
elevationRelativeToSeaLevel below sea level ⓘ
fedBy Bahr Yussef canal ⓘ
habitatFor migratory birds ⓘ
resident waterbirds ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSignificance true ⓘ
hasBiodiversityValue true ⓘ
hasEcologicalSignificance true ⓘ
hasFossilLocalities true ⓘ
hasProtectedAreaStatus true ⓘ
hasRamsarStatus true ⓘ
historicallyLinkedTo Lake Moeris ⓘ
linked to: Lake Qarun
historicalNameAssociation Moeris ⓘ
isEndorheic true ⓘ
isImportantBirdArea true ⓘ
isSubjectOf limnological studies ⓘ
knownFor archaeological sites ⓘ
bird habitats ⓘ
unique ecology ⓘ
linkedTo ancient irrigation systems ⓘ
locatedIn Faiyum Depression ⓘ
linked to: Faiyum depression

Faiyum Governorate ⓘ
Western Desert ⓘ
locatedSouthwestOf Cairo ⓘ
locatedWestOf Nile River ⓘ
linked to: Nile
nearbyArchaeologicalSite Dimai ⓘ
Dimeh el-Siba ⓘ
linked to: Dimeh al-Siba

Karanis ⓘ
Qasr el-Sagha ⓘ
partOf Faiyum Oasis ⓘ
Northern Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Lower Egypt
primaryWaterSource agricultural drainage ⓘ
region Middle Egypt ⓘ
linked to: central Egypt
salinityTrend increasing ⓘ
shoreType desert shores ⓘ
threatenedBy pollution ⓘ
salinization ⓘ
water mismanagement ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
salt extraction ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
waterType saline ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Faiyum Oasis → hasBodyOfWater → Birket Qarun ⓘ
Hawara → locatedNear → Birket Qarun ⓘ