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Bookmark or Share- Western Desert - WikipediaIn Egypt, the Western Desert is an area of the Sahara that lies west of the river Nile, up to the Libyan border, and south from the Mediterranean Sea to the border with Sudan. It is named in contrast to the Eastern Desert which extends east from the Nile to the Red Sea.
- Western Desert | desert, Egypt | Britannica - Encyclopedia BritannicaThe Western Desert comprises two-thirds of the land surface of Egypt and covers an area of about 262,800 square miles (680,650 square km). From its highest elevation—more than 3,300 feet (1,000 metres)—on the plateau of Al-Jilf al-Kabīr in the southeast, the rocky plateau…
- The Geography Of Egypt: The Climate And The Natural ... - WorldAtlasNorth to south, the desert stretches from the narrow coastal plains of the Mediterranean Sea to the borders of Egypt with Sudan. The area covered by the desert is 680,650 square km. The elevation of the Western Desert is the highest in the southeast at the Al-Jilf al-Kabīr plateau (3,300 ft).
- The Geography of Ancient EgyptThe deserts of ancient Egypt were the Red Lands, situated on both sides of the Nile. The Western Desert was actually part of the Libyan Desert and covered 262,000 square miles. Its geography largely consisted of valleys, sand dunes and some mountainous areas.
- Geography of Egypt - WikipediaEgypt is predominantly desert. 35,000 km 2 – 3.5% – of the total land area is cultivated and permanently settled. Most of the country lies within the wide band of desert that stretches eastwards from Africa's Atlantic Coast across the continent and into southwest Asia.
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