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Lake of Tinja

بحيرة تينجة

A lake about four miles long with sweet water, connected to the Lake of Banzart; al-Idrisi says the water of the two lakes alternates in its flow. 1

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Lake Tinja: a lake about four miles long, with fresh water, joined to the lake of Banzart. al-Idrisi reports that the waters of the two lakes alternate in their flow. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 289
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.289
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