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 Arais= is a considerable range of gneiss peaks situated on
the east side of Wadi Naam in latitude 23° 34′. One of the most
conspicuous of its many summits is a pair of twin peaks near the
south end of the range, rising to 613 metres above the sea. The
range is cut through from east to west by the narrow and winding
Wadi Arais, a tributary of Wadi Naam. The drainage from the western
faces of the range passes by many feeders over a sandy plain to join
the Wadi Naam directly.
=Gebel Belamhandeit= or =Erf Um Araka= is a long range of granite or
gneiss hills north of Gebel Arais. It extends for a length of nine
kilometres in a north-and-south direction on the meridian of 34°
50′. It is drained on the north and west by the Wadi Erf Um Araka,
a tributary of Wadi Naam, and on the east by the Wadi Belamhandeit,
a tributary of Wadi Arais.
To the east of Gebel Belamhandeit are several granite bosses, of
which the most conspicuous is called =Gebel Um Guruf=; it is drained
by the Wadi Um Guruf, a tributary of Wadi Arais.
=Gebel Orga=, eighteen kilometres south by east from Gebel Abu
Dahr, is a high dark-looking range which has not been closely
approached. Its highest peak, surmounted by a beacon, the position
of which has been fixed by triangulation, as latitude 23° 26′
21″, longitude 35° 8′ 17″, is 682 metres above sea-level. It
is drained by the Wadi Orga (a tributary of Wadi Hodein), which
contains the well called Bir Orga.
=Gebel Um Tenedba= is a mass of dark hills of crushed basic rocks
situated thirty kilometres south by east from Gebel Abu Dahr and
twelve kilometres north of the Wadi Hodein. Its highest point,
marked by a triangulation beacon, is in latitude 23° 19′ 48″,
longitude 35° 10′ 40″, and 654 metres above sea-level. It is
drained by the Wadi Um Tenedba, a tributary of Wadi Hodein. The
ascent of the hill is conveniently made in about an hour from a camp
in one of the heads of Wadi Um Tenedba, about 1,200 metres south-east
of the beacon and 320 metres above sea-level.
=Gebel Harhagit= is an isolated granite boss rising among schists ten
kilometres south-south-east from Gebel Um Tenedba and five kilometres
north of the Wadi Hodein. The beacon on its summit is in latitude
23° 14′ 35″, longitude 35° 12′ 52″, at an altitude of 542
metres above sea-level, or 326 metres above the wadi encircling its
base. From its isolated character Gebel Harhagit is a conspicuous
landmark for considerable distances round the Wadi Hodein.
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