Landscapes and Landforms of Egypt

Part I. General

1. Geographic Regions of Egypt
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2. The Geologic Setting
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3. Climatic Conditions: Present and Past
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Part II. The Nile

4. Remarkable Events in the Life of the River Nile



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5. Lake Nasser Region



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6. The Nile Delta



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Part III. The Plateaus

7. The Sandstone Plateaus, SW Western Desert



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8. The Karstified Carbonate Platforms in the Western Desert



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



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Part IV. The Mega Depressions

10. The Qattara Depression



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11. The Kharga-Dakhla Depression



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12. The Fayum Depression



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Part V. Sand Seas and Dune Fields

13. The Great Sand Sea



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14. Ghard Abu Moharik Sand Sea



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15. North Sinai Sand Sea



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16. Dune Fields of SE Eastern Desert of Egypt



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Part VI. Mountains and Drainage Systems

17. The Red Sea and Sinai Mountains



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18. The Drainage System of the Eastern Desert (with a Special Reference to Wadi Qena Basin)



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19. The Drainage System in Sinai (With a Special Reference to Wadi El‐Arish)



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Part VII. Coastal Forms

20. Ridge-Depression Landscape Along the Mediterranean NW Coast of the Western Desert



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21. Red Sea Coastal Forms



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22. Bardawil Lake and the Surrounding Sabkhas



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Part VIII. Applied Geomorphology

23. Geo-Parks and Features of Geomorphic and Geologic Significance
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24. Geomorphologic Hazards in Egypt
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