At the time of the floods, Lake Moeris and the Nile were at the same level and connected through a gap in the hills near the modern villages of el-Lahun and Hawara.

洪水来临时，莫伊里斯湖和尼罗河在同一水平面上，并且通过现代 el-Lahun 和 Hawara 村庄附近山脉的一个裂口连接起来。

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At the time of the floods, the river and lake were at the same level and connected through a gap in the hills near the modern villages of el-Lahun and Hawara.

洪水来临时，湖和河在同一水平面上，并且通过艾尔拉罕和哈瓦拉现代村庄附近山脉的一个裂口连接起来。

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While the reason for the phenomenon is unknown, some scientists believe the electrical activity is due to the proximity of the sea-level lake to the Andes.

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The key was not to try to dig a Suez-type of canal, a great sea-level trench from ocean to ocean, but to create a lock-and-lake canal, where the ships are lifted up by a series of locks to a man-made lake, and then they sail across that lake, and then they are set back down on the other side by another series of locks.

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