Red Sea–Dead Sea Water Conveyance and waiting for the final feasibility study, for which international funding would follow. The connection of the seas by canal was first suggested in the mid 19th century by British officers who were looking for ways to circumvent the French-built Suez Canal and had not realized that the level of the Dead Sea is much lower. Later on, at the end of the 19th century, planners thought how to use the Jordan River water for irrigation and to bring sea water to the Dead Sea to create energy from its position of -390 m below sea level. One of those
Dead River (Michigan) Superior. Additionally, earlier maps record this river either in French as ""Rivière des Morts"", ""Rivière du Mort"", or ""Rivière au Paresseux"", or in English as "Deadman's River". The current name for this river in Ojibwe is either "Giiwe-gamigong-neyaashi-ziibi" (Return-by-shore Peninsula River) or "Niboowaagaming" ("At the Death's Shores"). Dead River (Michigan) The Dead River (French: "Rivière des Morts") is a river in Marquette County, Michigan. Its watershed is approximately in size. The river flows southeasterly from western Marquette County to its mouth on Lake Superior. , five dams existed on the river: Silver Lake Dam, Hoist Dam, McClure Dam, Forestville Dam,