The canal is 192 km long.

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According the Panama Canal Authorities, it takes 8 - 10 hours to cross.

The canal was returned to Egypt after the United States disapproved of the action. For the following ten years, the canal was operated by Egypt who paid an amount to the Suez Canal Company for its use. In 1967, another war with Israel arose and the canal was made impassable with scuttled ships.

They lowered the costs of shipping goods across New York from $100 a ton to $5 a ton.

port said and ends at port taufiq, cutting across marshes and desert areas.

The Suez Canal is and was used to for transportation of goods/supplies and people. When the Suez Canal was built, it was meant for transporting goods from South Asia to Europe. The Suez Canal was originally built by the French, but Great Britain bought it from them when it was completed and the canal became an important foothold in WWI and WWII.

The Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea

It is at sea level

an impervious layer is provided at the bed and sides of canal to improve the life and discharge capacity of canal known as canal lining.
The canal lining is something that provides a barrier to the surface of a canal on the bed and sides that improves the canal. It is a man made layer that helps make the canal last longer and improves the waterflow.

As a kid coming back from Malaya in 1959 my dad got me up on deck about 1 am to look at the pyramids in the distance, I remember it clearly, the moonlight was very bright and it almost looked like daylight, now after all these years I am wondering if I had imagined it all, can anyone please tell me if it is possible to see the pyramids from the Suez canal ?

Supported by Soviet arms and money, and furious with the United States for reneging on a promise to provide funds for construction of the Aswan Dam on the Nile River, Nasser ordered the Suez Canal seized and nationalized, arguing tolls from the ships passing through the canal would pay for the Dam.

When the Egyptian Khedive went bankrupt in 1875, Disraeli bought almost half of the total shares in the Suez Canal. It was not a majority interest, but for practical purchases, it was a controlling interest.

He nationalized the Suez Canal

It affects Singapore in a positive manner. European countries are now able to come ot Singapre at a faster rate as compared to the Cape of Good Hope. This help promotes trade to Singapore as the Asian countries will come to Singapore as a trading post. European countries will also come to Singapre rather than go to this other Asian countries which are too far. Mails from Europe also travel faster too!

Hitler, specifically the Deutches Afrika Corps (DAK) under General Erwin Rommel wanted to control the Suez Canal to block British shipping into the Mediterranean Sea.

Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, commissioned Verdi to write the now famous opera Aida, for performance in January 1871, paying him 150,000 francs, but the premiere was delayed because of the Franco-Prussian War. Contrary to popular belief, the opera was not written to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869.

the number of ships that use the cape sea route has dereased because of the suez canal.

The Suez Canal opened in November 1869. The date is unknown.

By the construction of the Suez Canal, the time limit between the two continents have been reduced by 8 hours, besides providing trade & commerce through navigation.

Increase trade between the middle east, Europe, and Asia.

Nasser (the Egyptian leader) blocked it to reduce oil exports to Western Europe. This was after Britain and France were forced by the U.S. to withdraw their troops from Egypt after the Suez War.

The Suez Canal does not connect any countries. It connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.