Western Desert
From ArchaeoWiki
The Western Desert refers to the modern Egyptian portion of the Libyan Desert, comprising two-thirds of that country's land surface (some 680, 650 km²), and lying to the west of the Nile River valley. The highest elevation within the region—at 1000 m—is on the plateau of al-Gilf el-Kabir. From there, the rocky landscape slopes north-eastwards towards the first in a series of depressions that characterise the region and have led to the formation of a number of desert oases.
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Bibliography
- Vivian, Cassandra [2008], The Western Desert of Egypt—An Explorer's Handbook: Revised Edition, Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2008. ISBN 9789774160905
