Consider the following statements 1 Suez Canal is a sea level waterway in Egypt connecting the Caspi...........

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Consider the following statements:

1. Suez Canal is a sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Caspian Sea to the Red Sea.

2. The canal offers watercraft a direct route between the North Atlantic and northern Indian oceans.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 Nor 2

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Explanation:

Suez Canal is a sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez. Constructed by the Suez Canal Company between 1859 and 1869, it was officially opened on 17 November 1869. The canal offers watercraft a more direct route between the North Atlantic and northern Indian oceans via the Mediterranean and Red seas, thus avoiding the South Atlantic and southern Indian oceans and thereby reducing the journey distance from the Arabian Sea to London, for example, by approximately 8,900 kilometres.