Bahr Yusuf
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| location | Egypt | |
| River system | Nile | |
| origin | Junction from the El Ibrahimiyya Canal in Dairut ( Asyut Governorate ), with a connection to the Nile 27 ° 33 ′ 40 ″ N , 30 ° 48 ′ 27 ″ E |
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| Splitting up | in al-Fayyūm in several channels to Lake Qarun Coordinates: 29 ° 18 ′ 38 " N , 30 ° 49 ′ 50" E, 29 ° 18 ′ 38 " N , 30 ° 49 ′ 50" E
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| Big cities | al-Fayyūm | |
The Bahr Yussuf ( Arabic بحر يوسف, DMG Baḥr Yūsuf , Joseph's Canal ') is a branch of the Nile in Egypt that feeds the Fayyum Basin .
Under the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhet II , the natural course of this Nile tributary was converted into a canal in order to ensure a continuous water supply to the oasis-like Fayyum basin, which is around 100 km southwest of Cairo, and to places and cities such as al-Fayyūm . It flows into the outflow-free Qarun Lake , which is about 45 m below sea level .
While still in the Nile Valley, the Giza Canal , parallel to the Nile, branches off from the Bahr Yusuf near El-Lahun , which is located at the eastern entrance of the valley leading to the Fayyum Basin, to the north .
It got its name because the Arab population in the Middle Ages ascribed its origin to the activity of the Patriarch Joseph as vizier of the Pharaoh .