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
| | |road between Bir Shadli
| | |and Bir Masur. Said to
| | |yield constant supply.
| | |Water about 8 metres
| | |down, good and clear in
| | |1906.
| | |
Bir Khashab |24 16 0|34 23 0 |Well in Wadi Khashab. Not
| | |to be depended on. Dry
| | |in spring of 1906, but
| | |yielding a small supply
| | |of mediocre character in
| | |the autumn of the same
| | |year.
| | |
Bir Shadli |24 12 3|34 37 55 |Spring or well near tomb
| | |of Sheikh. Perennial
| | |supply of variable
| | |quality and quantity.
| | |Favourite meeting place
| | |of Ababda Arabs.
| | |
Bir Abu Hamamid |24 12 0|34 29 0 |Well sunk about 7 metres
| | |in floor of Wadi Abu
| | |Hamamid. Yielding large
| | |supplies of rather salty
| | |and muddy water in 1906.
| | |
Amar Spring |24 10 0|35 9 0 |Spring of good water in
| | |diorite hills south-east
| | |of Gebel Hamata.
| | |
Well in Wadi Abu |24 7 0|34 26 0 |Wells sunk in wadi floor.
Hamamid | | |Dry in 1906.
| | |
Bir Helie |24 5 0|34 32 0 |Well in Wadi Helie.
| | |Excellent water in spring
| | |of 1906, but rather
| | |salty later on in the
| | |year. Quality evidently
| | |varies considerably with
| | |interval since rainfall.
| | |
Megal Um Gunud |23 58 50|35 10 50 |A smaller rock basin in
| | |Gebel Um Gunud, off Wadi
| | |Lahami, near to Galt Um
| | |Gunud.
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