Egypt: The Nile Delta
North of Cairo the bordering limestone walls of the valley shrink and diverge from each other, and the river fans out into a number of distributaries. This is the delta …
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The Valley Between Asyut and Cairo
The town of Asyut marks the northern end of the Nile ravine. From there on for the 215 miles (346 km.) to the head of the delta the valley is …
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Egypt: The Isna-Nag Hammadi Section
Near Isna, 35 miles north of Idfu, a distinct geological and physiographical change in the channel of the Nile and its valley and flood plain occurs. There the Nubian sandstones …
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The Nile Valley Egypt
For most of its 750-mile length from the Egypt-Sudan boundary to the head of the delta, about 10 miles north of Cairo, the shining snake of the half-mile wide Nile …
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Egypt, Eastern Desert, Western Desert, Sinai Nile Valley
Four major physiographic divisions are recognized in Egypt – the Eastern Desert, the Western Desert, Sinai, and the Nile Valley and Delta. In human terms, these reduce to two: the …
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