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MENZALEH (-zä'le), LAKE, a coast lagoon of Egypt, extending E. from the Damietta branch of the Nile, and separated from the Mediterranean by a narrow strip of land, with several openings. Its surface, 460 square miles in extent, is studded with islands, the most interesting of which is Tennees, the ancient Ten nesus, with Roman remains of baths, tombs, etc. Its waters are full of fish, and its shores abound in wild fowl. The Suez Canal passes through the E. portion.
The lake has an average depth of not more than three feet, except when the Nile, mouths of whose delta reach it, is in flood; and it is being gradually drained.