Lake Mareotis, also known as
Mariut,
Mariout, or
Maryut is a
salt lake[?] of about 250 square km in northern
Egypt. It is separated from the
Mediterranean Sea by the narrow
isthmus on which the city of
Alexandria was built. The lake shore is home to fisheries and
saltworks[?]. Some of the marshy areas around the lake have been reclaimed for new building as the city grows.