The geography and geology of south-eastern EgyptBall, John
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The geography and geology of south-eastern Egypt
Ball, John
Geology -- Egypt; Physical geography -- Egypt
=Kwat Hewah= drains the eastern flanks of Gebel Dreb and the north
flanks of G. Medarai. Its heads unite to form a series of channels
in a small plain south-west of Eir Arib, and here it receives a
contribution from Wadi Sherefa el Sharqi as mentioned above. As it
passes Eir Arib, Kwat Hewah divides, part of its drainage curving
round to the north to join that of Wadi Diqdib and Wadi Sherefa el
Sharqi on its way to Wadi Shab, and the remainder going south-west
to join the Wadi Medarai. From the head of Kwat Hewah there is said
to be an easy pass into the Wadi el Krim, a tributary of Wadi Feqoh.
=Wadi Ibib=, which drains the eastern slopes of Gebels Medarai,
Abu Hireiq, and Abu Hodeid, and the eastern and northern faces of
Gebels Soaorib, Adar Qaqa, Leqaq, Um Seleim, Qidmib, Orgem, and Um
Bishtit, as well as Gebel Hamra Dom and the smaller hills south of
it, is formed by the union of the Wadis Hasium and Medarai, a little
east of Gebel Um Rasein, and enters the sea at Mersa Shab. It has
a drainage basin of about 1,800 square kilometres. Including Wadi
Hasium, which is simply the upper portion of Ibib, its total length
along its main channel is slightly over one hundred kilometres. Its
principal tributaries are the Wadis Shinai, Abu Hodeid, Abu Hireiq,
Medarai, Soaorib, and Um Bishtit.
=Wadi Hasium=, which forms the upper portion of Wadi Ibib, originates
on the main watershed in about latitude 22° 10′ and longitude
35° 15′; a pass leads from its head on to a stony plain, whence
a track leads to Miti Kwan, a tributary of Wadi Alaqi. Near its
head, Wadi Hasium contains a small well called =Bir Kagog=. A few
kilometres further down, the short =Wadi Mantil Hasium=, draining
the western face of Gebel Adar Qaqa, enters from the east, while
the =Wadi Hilwit Hasium=, draining the mountain of the same name
and containing a galt near its head, joins Wadi Hasium from the
west. Continuing its course northward past the mountains of Adar
Qaqa and Leqaq, Wadi Hasium enters an extensive sandy plain, open
to the north, bounded on the west by the mountains of Abu Hodeid
and Um Rasein, on the south by those of Leqaq and Um Seleim, and on
the east by those of Qidmib and Orgem. This plain, which averages
fifteen kilometres in width, is broken by low hills, the principal
of which, Gebel Hamra Tit, Kulet Meiqrum, and Kulet Tinasal, rise
to considerable heights. Hasium courses slightly east of north near
the western edge of this plain to near Gebel Um Rasein, then curves
to the east across it, receiving the Wadi Medarai and becoming Wadi
Ibib. In its northward course through the plain, Wadi Hasium receives
a number of important tributaries from the western mountains, besides
a few smaller feeders from the mountains to the south and from the
hills on the plain. These may be briefly described in order.
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