Burullus lake
| Burullus lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate , Egypt | |
| Tributaries | Channels of the Nile Delta | |
| Drain | to the Levantic Sea ( Mediterranean Sea ) | |
| Islands | approx. 25 | |
| Location close to the shore | rosette | |
| Data | ||
| Coordinates | 31 ° 29 ′ N , 30 ° 52 ′ E | |
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| length | 60 km | |
| width | 20 km | |
The Burullus Lake ( Arabic بحيرة البرلس, DMG Buḥayrat al-Burullus ) is a brackish lake in the Kafr el -Sheikh Governorate, east of Rosetta in Egypt . It is regarded as a lake and wetland area of international importance . Its inflow consists of 97% leachate from agriculture, rainwater (2%) and groundwater (1%). 16% of the water evaporates and 84% flows into the Mediterranean Sea.
According to tradition, the Holy Family stayed near this lake when they flew into Egypt .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Estimated from OpenStreetMap
- ↑ https://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienJ/Jesuskind_Rueckkehr_aus_Aeggypt.html
Web links
Egypt State of the Environment Report 2007 (PDF; 5.8 MB), Chapter on Biodiversity, 2008, accessed on November 8, 2009