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
=Kolmanab= and =Einiwai= are two small but very conspicuous black
hills eleven kilometres apart, rising from the sandy coast-plain
between the Wadis Meisah and Di-ib. Both are surmounted by
triangulation beacons, that on Kolmanab being in latitude 22° 32′
26″, longitude 35° 53′ 36″, 137 metres above sea, and that
on Einiwai being in latitude 22° 27′ 50″, longitude 35° 57′
59″, 138 metres above sea. North-west of Kolmanab are some low
banks called =Tinadei=, while about mid-way between Kolmanab and
Einiwai is an isolated low hill called =Ankalidot=.
=Osnei= is a small but conspicuous red granite hill, rising to 251
metres above sea, thirteen kilometres west-south-west from Einiwai. It
contains a galt, which yields water for some little time after rain
has fallen locally.
=Ti Keferiai= is a conspicuous little isolated group of dark hills
of no very great height, situated in the fork where the Wadis
Didaut and Baueiwai join to form the Wad el Qireira. There are
heavy accumulations of blown sand round the north-east flanks of
the mass. The triangulation beacon on the summit has the position
latitude 22° 21′ 0″, longitude 35° 49′ 47″, and is 494
metres above sea-level. Ti Keferiai forms a good landmark for the old
mines of Romit, which are situated in some lower hills five kilometres
south-west of the beacon. There are numerous excavations here in
veins of smoky quartz with calcite and chalybite, which penetrate
the country rock of highly crushed and decomposed diorite; a number
of ancient grinding mills of diorite lie scattered about the place.
Four kilometres north of Ti Keferiai, on the opposite side of Wadi
Didaut, is a conspicuous hill of very red granite called =Adatalob
Adara=, 385 metres above sea-level. Four kilometres further north-west
is another hill, of nearly equal height, but of black aspect, called
=Adatalob Hadal=. West of Ti Keferiai, at distances of five and a
half and nine and a half kilometres respectively, are two conspicuous
little hills rising from the plain, one on either side of the Wadi
Didaut; these are called =Kikeiyet Sharqi= and =Kikeiyet Gharbi=.
East of Ti Keferiai is a great sandy tract stretching to the
Wadi Di-ib, from which low hills rise half swathed in blown sand;
the principal hill groups bear the names of =Gebels Tishushi= and
=Tishushi Tiboki=.
=Qara Saba= is a high and steep hill mass of dark aspect, rising
conspicuously to 788 metres above sea, between the Wadis Didaut and
Baueiwai, some sixteen kilometres south-west of Ti Keferiai. The
tract between Qara Saba and Ti Keferiai is a waste of blown sand
through which low hills protrude in places.
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