or EL KREIT, known to the ancients as the Palus Mareæ or Mareoticus, a lake in Lower Egypt, in Lat. 31° 4' N., Long. 30° 4' E., separated from the sea by the narrow peninsula on which Alexandria stands. After the fall of that city the waters of the lake were gradually dried up. In 1801 a French garrison took possession of Alexandria, and the British army sent to expel them cut a canal across the isthmus, and let in the waters of the sea. The old bed of the lake was covered to the extent of 30 miles in length, and 15 in breadth, while the depth of the water varies from 4 to 14 feet. See ALEXANDRIA, and EGYPT.