The Nile
Desert
Pyramids
2007-01-15 07:57:28
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answer #1
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answered by Marcus S 3
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I would think the Nile river,the longest river in the world, and its unique inundation.That happens at exactly the same time every year within a few days either way.After it peaks it begins to recede.Leaving behind afterwards a layer of extremly fertile black silt.Called "kemet" by the Ancient Egyptians.Its flow is created by the rains as far away as Ethiopia and travel by the Blue Nile to the White Nile as the Nile in Egypt is often geographically referred to.
With out this enduring cycle Egyptian civilisation would never have flourished.The building of the Aswan dam stopped the disastorous annual floods but the Nile is still Egypts "breadbasket".
The other major geographical feature is:
The deserts of course, but in particular the White Desert."Saria Al-Beida"is its Egyptian name.It is like something from another world.It has blindingly white rock formations that have been created by constant wind erosion.As you get near these white outcrops of rock they take on incrediblely surreal forms,hawks,camels,men and even angels.Some have bizarre shapes of dragons and mythical beasts.
In a country with few natural, but many man made wonderful sights. These are on a par with the Grand Canyon in America or the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
Like most natural beauties they look their best at dawn or at sunset.
In the White Desert,at sunset the sun turns the white to chalk pink,rose and then orange.
At night under the moon, they take on an eerie appearance.The sand around the outcrops is littered with small pieces of quartz,that shine and deep black iron piorite that glitters and stands out against the stark white.
There a some small canyons formed by cliffs and formations like chalk monoliths,these are called inselbergs.They make it a beautiful but strange area to walk through.
Also in The White Desert is the Crystal Mountain which is actually a huge rock of crystal,you can see it from quite a distance and it has a hole directly through the middle of it.
The river Nile and the White Desert these are my choice of Egypts best geological or natural wonders.
2007-01-15 23:06:04
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answered by sistablu...Maat 7
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I think pyramids are not a geographic feature. I am not sure because some of the people who answered u are native speakers of English, and I am not. But I think they r so not. This is plain stupid .
Anyways, I think a geographic feature would be that the majority of the Egyptian land is desert, and that there is the Nile, which exists in a valley. And then there is a Delta at the end of the Nile. and the Delta flows in the Mediterranean sea. Yeah, I am not specialized in geography anyways but I am Egyptian. Good Luck then.
2007-01-15 14:28:29
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answered by Anonymous
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The Nile
The Delta
The Sahara
The Red Sea Mountain Range at the East
The Great Sand Sea at the west (Shared with Libea)
Qattara Depression at the Western Desert
Kharga Oasis
Siwa Oasis
Mount. Catherine in Sinai (The highest in Egypt)
2007-01-17 02:00:37
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answered by Psycho 3
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It's the sand and the Nile river. But Egypt isn't all about sand. It also has valleys and grass near the bodies of water, especially near the Nile River. The people use these fields of grass for harvest. Egypt is also located part in Africa and Middle East. It connects the two continents, and one of the most popular port, which is the Suez Canal is located in Egypt. I know it's one of the busiest sea ports in the world. Hope this helped!
2007-01-17 01:15:46
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answered by Anonymous
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Well the two obvious ones are the Nile and its delta, and of course the Desert with its oasis. Another would be the lack of islands of shore and an incredibly longs featureless sandy coast line that extends for 100s of kilometers from the Nile delta to the west.
2007-01-15 19:52:07
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answered by The Stainless Steel Rat 5
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The Nile river and Sahara desert are two main geographic features of Egypt. And of course, there is sand, and more sand.
2007-01-15 07:58:31
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answered by extrapecanypecans 2
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well u have the 2 seas, the red sea and the mediterian sea+the desert with the oasis +the Nile river +the pyramids
2007-01-15 21:25:45
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answered by Anonymous
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Pyramids.
2007-01-15 07:56:53
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answered by robert m 7
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Pyramids and the Nile.
2007-01-15 08:21:48
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answered by Anonymous
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