Ligurian Alps the Piedmontese side, and by several smaller rivers that flow directly to the Mediterranean Sea on the Ligurian and French side. The chief peak of the Western Ligurian Alps is Punta Marguareis (2,651 m), and there are several other summits over 2000 m, while in Eastern Ligurian Alps (also called "Ligurian Prealps") the maximum elevation is 1739 m (Monte Armetta). Some important passes in the Ligurian Alps are listed below. Around of the Ligurian side of the range since 2007 are part of the Parco naturale regionale delle Alpi Liguri. Ligurian Alps The Ligurian Alps are a mountain range in
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