Landscapes and Landforms of Egypt

1. Front Matter

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2. General

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   2. Geographic Regions of Egypt

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      Pages 3-13

   3. The Geologic Setting

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      Pages 15-23

   4. Climatic Conditions: Present and Past

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      Pages 25-36

3. The Nile

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Remarkable Events in the Life of the River Nile

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      Pages 39-45

   3. Lake Nasser Region

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      Pages 47-55

   4. The Nile Delta

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      Pages 57-68

4. The Plateaus

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   2. The Sandstone Plateaus, SW Western Desert

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      Pages 71-84

   3. The Karstified Carbonate Platforms in the Western Desert

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      Pages 85-104

   4. The Region of El-Galalah Plateaus NE the Eastern Desert

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      Pages 105-118

5. The Mega Depressions

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   2. The Qattara Depression

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      Pages 121-132

   3. The Kharga-Dakhla Depression

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      Pages 133-151

   4. The Fayum Depression

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      Pages 153-162

6. Sand Seas and Dune Fields

   1. Front Matter

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   2. The Great Sand Sea

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      Pages 165-179

   3. Ghard Abu Moharik Sand Sea

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      Pages 181-193

This book provides a unique reference resource not only for geomorphologists, but for all Earth scientists. It shows how landforms vary enormously across Egypt, from high mountains to endless plains, and presents the vast heritage of forms that have developed under different climates. Richly illustrated with numerous plates and figures, it also includes a bibliography offering exhaustive coverage of the literature.

• Desert Environment
• Desert Geomorphology
• Egypt Geomorphology
• Egypt Landscapes
• Inherited Landforms
• Satellite Image Egypt

• Department of Geography,Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University , Cairo, Egypt

  Nabil Sayed Embabi

Nabil Sayed Embabi has been a professor of Desert Geomorphology at the Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt since 1979. He obtained his Ph.D. from Bristol University, UK in 1967. Dr. Embabih has taught at several Arab universities: (King Abdel-Aziz University in Jeddah (1972), the Libyan University in Tripoli (1973), Qatar University in Doha (1979-1983), and the United Arab Emirates University in Al-Ain (1988-1992). During his research career spanning over 50 years, he participated in or led a number of expeditions and research projects in Egypt / the Arabian Desert. He has also been involved in scientific collaborations with professors at universities in the United States of America, Finland, and the United Kingdom.. He has authored and coauthored more than 50 papers in English and Arabic and attended and presented papers at several international conferences, such as those of the International Geographical Congress and the International Association of Geomorphologists. His research papers have been cited 73 times in published scientific work.

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