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 Kolaiqo= is a small hill-mass lying off the south-eastern
extremity of the Khashab — Beidâ range, from which it is separated
by the Wadi Kreiga. Its highest point, marked by a triangulation
beacon, is in latitude 22° 54′ 13″, longitude 35° 24′ 34″,
at an altitude of 320 metres above sea-level. The drainage is
mostly into Wadi Kreiga, but the south-eastern parts of the hills
drain into Wadi Kolaiqo, a very shallow ill-defined drainage line
coursing independently to sea across the sandy coast-plain. To the
north of Gebel Kolaiqo there are two long lines of low hills forming
low outliers of Nubian sandstone.
=Ti Qireira= is the name given to two low hills rising from the
coast-plain about half-way between Gebel Kolaiqo and the black conical
hill of Gemeida. These hills, four kilometres apart, rise only some
fifty or sixty metres above the plain, but they are conspicuous
landmarks, and hence bear a name.
=The Meisah — Adar Qaqa — Is Group.=
The Meisah — Adar Qaqa — Is group of mountains extends northwards
from the Sudan frontier in longitude 35½°. It is separated from
the Gerf — Abu Hodeid masses to the north by the Wadi Hasium; on
the east, the great Wadi Di-ib divides it from the mountains of the
Elba group; while to the west it is not sharply marked off from the
rather lower mountainous tract of the upper Alaqi basin. Gebels Adar
Qaqa (1,469 metres) and Is (1,736 metres) are on the main watershed,
while Hadal Aweib Meisah (1,224 metres) forms the highest point
of a huge rugged spur running northwards on the east side of the
watershed. To the east of the main mountains of the group, between
them and the Wadi Di-ib, are a number of detached mountain and
hill-masses, of which the principal are Gebels O Shakafa, Um Ein,
Qara Saba, Warabeit, Adar Aweib, and Shiab.
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