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Bookmark or Share- Egypt - Desert, Nile, Wildlife | BritannicaThe Eastern Desert receives sparse rainfall, but it supports a varied vegetation that includes tamarisk, acacia, and markh (a leafless, thornless tree with bare branches and slender twigs), as well as a great variety of thorny shrubs, small succulents, and aromatic herbs.
- Eastern Desert - WikipediaThe Eastern Desert (known archaically as Arabia or the Arabian Desert [1] [2]) is the part of the Sahara desert that is located east of the Nile river. It spans 223,000 square kilometres (86,000 sq mi) of northeastern Africa and is bordered by the Nile river to the west and the Red Sea and Gulf of Suez to the east.
- Eastern Desert | Encyclopedia.comEASTERN DESERT. Also called the Arabian Desert; it makes up almost a quarter of Egypt 's land surface, covering an area of 85,690 square miles (221,937 sq km). The northern sector, from the Mediterranean coast to the latitude of Qena, is a limestone plateau marked by rolling hills.
- Desert - National Geographic SocietyThe most notable desert resource in the world is the massive oil reserves in the Arabian Desert of the Middle East. More than half of the proven oil reserves in the world lie beneath the sands of the Arabian Desert, mostly in Saudi Arabia. The oil industry draws companies, migrant workers, engineers, geologists, and biologists to the Middle East.
- Egypt - Oases, Monasteries, Deserts | BritannicaEastern Desert. The Eastern Desert comprises almost one-fourth of the land surface of Egypt and covers an area of about 85,690 square miles (221,900 square km). The northern tier is a limestone plateau consisting of rolling hills, stretching from the Mediterranean coastal plain to a point roughly opposite Qinā on the Nile.
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