Isthmus of Suez | isthmus, Egypt | Britannica (original) (raw)

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Miocene Epoch formation

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  In Africa: Formation of the Red Sea
  …end of the Miocene the Isthmus of Suez was formed, and the gulf became a saline lake at the bottom of which thick evaporites (sediments formed as a result of evaporation) were laid down. The isthmus permitted Asian animal life to pass into Africa during part of the Pliocene Epoch…
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Suez Canal

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  In Suez Canal: Geology
  The Isthmus of Suez, the sole land bridge between the continents of Africa and Asia, is of relatively recent geologic origin. Both continents once formed a single large continental mass, but during the Paleogene and Neogene periods (about 66 to 2.6 million years ago) the great…
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