Title: Israel Aquarium
Content: continues with ray and eel species. The exhibit also includes a huge tank of 1,500,000 liters of water with an underwater viewing tunnel and a large hall with a huge viewing window measuring 17 meters long and 5 meters high. The Gallery connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea presents a four-minute film documentary explaining the construction of the Suez Canal and its environmental effects. The film focuses mainly on the phenomenon of Lessepsian migration - migration of species from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean. In this gallery you can see hundreds of clownfish (immortalized in the film

Title: Lessepsian migration
Content: would not have occurred had it not been for the presence of an artificial structure. The opening of the Suez Canal created the first saltwater passage between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Constructed in 1869 to provide a more direct trade route from Europe to India and the Far East, the canal is long, with a depth of and a width varying between . Because the surface of the Red Sea is slightly higher in elevation than the Eastern Mediterranean, the canal serves as a tidal strait by which Red Sea water pours into the Mediterranean. The Bitter

Title: Transport in Egypt
Content: canals (1,600 km.) are important locally for transportation. People still travel via the Nile, mainly between Cairo and Aswan. The Suez Canal is a major waterway for international commerce and navigation, linking the Mediterranean and Red Sea. Major ports are Alexandria, Port Said, Damietta on the Mediterranean and Suez and Safaga on the Red Sea. With regards to driving, Egypt has one of the highest incidents of road fatalities, per miles driven, in the world. The badly maintained road network has expanded rapidly to over 21,000 miles, covering the Nile Valley and Nile Delta, Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts, the

Title: Red Sea–Dead Sea Access
Content: the factors taken into consideration. And it was decided that the project would be too expensive. Later, the highway was constructed nevertheless as part of Jordan's 25-year plan to build an extensive road network which travels around the country. As of today, Highway 65 reaches far north in Jordan. The connection of the seas by canal was suggested in the mid 19th century by British officers who were thinking how to circumvent the Suez Canal. Later on at the end of the 19th century planners thought how to use the Jordan River water for irrigation and bring sea water to

Title: Suez Canal
Content: greater period each summer. The Bremen-based Beluga Group claimed in 2009 to be the first Western company to attempt using the Northern Sea Route without assistance from icebreakers, cutting 4000 nautical miles off the journey between Ulsan, Korea and Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Israel has declared that it will construct a railroad through the Negev desert to compete with the canal, with construction partly financed by China. The opening of the canal created the first salt-water passage between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. Although the Red Sea is about higher than the eastern Mediterranean, the current between the Mediterranean and

Question: Which 100-mile long waterway links the Mediterranean and the Red Sea?
Answer: Suez Canal