A fact from Lake Manzala appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 April 2009 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Lake Manzala (pictured) had to be expanded to allow the building of the Suez Canal, as it was previously less than 5 feet (1.5 m) deep? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/April.

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I removed the statement "In 2001 it had an area of 31 miles (50 kilometers)" for two reasons: the quantity specified (31 miles) is not a measure of area; if 31 SQUARE miles was meant, then it conflicts with the next statement as to length and width. I don't have access to any books on the subject, but the Internet leads me to believe that the area is in excess of 1,000 square kilometers. Larry ( talk) 04:37, 19 April 2009 (UTC) reply