Bahr Yussef

The Bahr Yussef is a canal which connects the Nile River with in . In ancient times it was called Tomis by the Greeks, which was derived from its Egyptian name Tm.t.
Wikipedia
  • Type: River
  • Description: geographical object
  • Also known as: “Bahr Jusef” and “المنهي”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pyramid of Hawara.

Photo: Aoswch, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
Hawara is an archaeological site of Ancient Egypt, south of the site of Crocodilopolis at the entrance to the depression of the Fayyum oasis. It is the site of a pyramid built by King Amenemhat III of the 12th dynasty, between the 19th and 18th centuries BC.

Bahr Yussef

Latitude
29.2444° or 29° 14′ 40″ north
Longitude
30.9215° or 30° 55′ 17″ east
Open location code
7GXG6WVC+PH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 98345208
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Wiki­data ID
Q803626
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Satellite Map

Discover Bahr Yussef from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Western Panjabi—“Bahr Yussef” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Τωμις”
  • Arabic: “بحر يوسف”
  • Belarusian: “Канал Іосіфа”
  • Cebuano: “Bahr Jusef”
  • Chinese: “約瑟運河”
  • Czech: “Josefova řeka”
  • Czech: “Josefova Řeka”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحر يوسف”
  • French: “Bahr Youssef”
  • French: “Bahr Youssouf”
  • French: “Bahr Yussef”
  • German: “Bahr Yussuf”
  • German: “Bahr Yusuf”
  • German: “Baḥr Yūsuf”
  • German: “Josefskanal”
  • Hebrew: “בחר יוסף”
  • Hebrew: “נהר יוסף”
  • Italian: “Bahr Yussef”
  • Japanese: “バハル・ユセフ”
  • Polish: “Bahr Jusuf”
  • Russian: “Бар-Юсуф”
  • Russian: “Бахр-Юсуф”
  • Russian: “Канал Иосифа”
  • Russian: “Канал Юсуфа”
  • Russian: “Юсуф”
  • Scots: “Bahr Yussef”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bar Jusuf”
  • Spanish: “Bahr Yusef”
  • Spanish: “Bahr Yussef”
  • Swedish: “Bahr Jusef”
  • Ukrainian: “Бахр-Юсуф”
  • Ukrainian: “Канал Бахр Юсеф”
  • Urdu: “بحر یوسف”
  • Western Panjabi: “بحر یوسف”

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