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
=Wadi Hashimaiyib= heads between Gebel Warabeit and Gebel
Mashushenai. Curving round the north of Gebel Mashushenai almost in
a semicircle, it runs south-south-east among low hills to join Wadi
el Qurat after a course of about sixteen kilometres. Besides the
Wadi Mashushenai above-mentioned, Hashimaiyib receives, just before
entering el Qurat, the =Wadi Sinqinyeib=, which drains part of the
west face of Adar Aweib and the hills west of it, with a length
along its main channel of ten kilometres. There is an easy road
up this wadi, passing close west of Adar Aweib into Wadi Wieqwer,
a tributary of Wadi Warabeit; there is no actual pass, because the
westward drainage of Adar Aweib actually splits, one part going
north by Wadi Wieqwer, and the other south by Wadi Sinqinyeib.
=Wadi Warabeit= has its most important head at the easy and well
known pass of =Bani Sana=, leading into Wadi Hamida. It is here a
rather wide wadi, with a fairly rapid fall (about thirteen metres per
kilometre), between the high hills of Gebel Hamida and those forming
the south prolongation of Gebel Geror, and receives numerous feeders
from either side. For the first six kilometres, it runs south-east;
it then arrives at a small open space, where it is joined by eastward
drainages from Gebels Hamida and Warabeit, and turns rather sharply
to the east-north-east. After coursing in this direction for some
five kilometres, it enters another open space, where it receives
several feeders, the principal being the =Wadi Wieqwer=, draining
northwards from the hills west of Adar Aweib. It then receives the
=Wadi Kwileimidaiyeib= from the north, and cuts eastward through
the hills to join Wadi Di-ib. The total length of the Wadi Warabeit
from the pass of Bani Sana to Wadi Di-ib is nineteen kilometres,
and in this length it falls from 335 to 113 metres above sea-level,
so that its average slope is nearly twelve metres per kilometre. Both
the wadi itself and its feeders are abundantly supplied with trees
and bushes, while coarse grasses abound in places. Wadi Warabeit
forms a convenient road from Bani Sana to Bir Meheriqa, being free
from sand and well stocked with camel food.
=Wad el Qireira=, which joins Wadi Di-ib from the south-west to
form Wadi el Kiraf, is really only the terminal portion of the more
important Wadis Didaut and Baueiwai, which join to the north-east
of the conspicuous dark hill mass called Ti Keferiai. It is a
broad shallow drainage line across the sandy plain, with little
vegetation. To the north of it, small hills are dotted over the
plain, the most important being one of red granite, called Osnei,
containing a galt which yields water for some time after rain. To the
south are the low hills of Tishushi, partly smothered in drift sand.
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