Lake Mariout

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Lake Mariout (also spelled Maryut or Mariut) is a salt lake, or rather brackish, of about 250 square km in northern Egypt. It is separated from the Mediterranean Sea by the narrow isthmus on which the city of Alexandria was built. The lake shore is home to fisheries and saltworks. Some of the marshy areas around the lake have been reclaimed for new building as the city grows.

The name derives from Mareotis, the name of the lake in ancient times.

Nile perch lives in the lake, although it principally needs fresh water to live in, and the lake contains some salt.

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