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
=Gebel Derhib=, 1,160 metres above the sea, is a mountain separating
Wadi Abu Gurdi from Wadi Egat; it is really an extension of Gebel
Abu Gurdi, from the beacon on which its summit is six and a half
kilometres west.
=Gebel Um Goradi= is likewise in reality part of the Abu Gurdi mass,
forming the end of a spur extending south-eastward for ten kilometres
from the main peak. The Wadi Lahami curves round its foot northward,
passing between it and Gebel Um Gunud.
=Gebel Selaia=[107] (the bald head) is a very remarkable
rounded granite boss rising from the plain thirty-one kilometres
south-south-west of Gebel Hamata. Owing to its peculiar shape,
isolated position, and considerable height (its top is 787 metres
above sea-level and about 260 metres above the plain), Selaia
is a conspicuous landmark for great distances round it. The lower
illustration on Plate XI (p. 172) gives an idea of its appearance as
seen from the east; from the north or south it appears much steeper.
South-east of Gebel Selaia stretches a line of four smaller granite
hills. The first of these, about a kilometre from the great boss,
is interesting as having a small spring, called Megal el Selaia,
at its foot. The next, one and a half kilometres further on,
is larger, while the third is larger still, rising to 623 metres
above sea-level. The fourth, five kilometres from Gebel Selaia,
is marked by a triangulation beacon, 563 metres above sea-level and
about fifty metres above the plain, in latitude 23° 55′ 30″,
longitude 34° 54′ 37″.
=Gebel el Homur= is an isolated mass of granite hills on the plain
six kilometres north-east of Selaia. Its highest point is 731 metres
above sea and 230 metres above the plain at its foot. It is drained
by small feeders of the Wadi Abu Gurdi, which passes north of the
mass on its way across the plain to join Wadi Kharit.
=Gebel Abu Derega= is an isolated mass of higher granite hills
thirteen kilometres south-east of Gebel Selaia. Its highest point
is 831 metres above sea-level, and about 300 metres above the
plain. Gebel Abu Derega is on the Nile — Red Sea watershed, which
crosses the plain from east to west in this locality. The northern
drainage is to the Wadi Elemikan, which runs between Gebels Abu
Derega and Selaia to join Wadi Kharit, while the southern faces of
the hills are drained by feeders of the Wadi el Khiua, a tributary
of Wadi Um Bisilla, in the basin of Wadi Hodein.
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