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In the early
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The lake is separated from the sea by a strip of land approximately 5.5 km (3.4 mi) wide. It is connected to the
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Biodiversity Report of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency 33 species of fish, 23 species of reptiles, 112 species of birds, and 18 species of mammals live in and around the lake. Fish species declined from 52 recorded at the beginning of the 20th century, mostly due to the
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Nastaru lent its name to the lake as a whole. Canals connected the lake to the
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area of 0.7 km (0.27 sq mi). The lake's north shore is formed primarily of
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