Bahr Yussef Canal

• The Bar Yussef Canal is a canal in modern Egypt which supplies water from the Nile to the Fayum.
• The canal is 15 miles (24 km) long and drains into Lake Moeris which acts as a huge water reservoir.

History

• The canal was originally built by the Pharaoh Amenemhat III (1860-1814 BCE), also known as Moeris, to irrigate the Fayum which produced Grain,
• Under the Romans, Egypt’s Grain was exported to Rome.
• 10% of Egypt’s grain production came from the Fayum.

Lake Moeris