The great desert in western Egypt. It means Western Desert in Arabic. Geographically, it is part of the Libyan Desert, and is a vast area without dry rivers (wadis) that stretches from the Nile River in the east to the Libyan border in the west and the Mediterranean Sea in the north. Its area is about 680,000 km2 , and it accounts for almost 70% of the total area of Egypt on the map. It is divided into two parts, Wadi al-Jadid Governorate (New Valley) in the south and Matruh Governorate in the north, by the 28°20′ north latitude line drawn from the vicinity of Minya in the Nile River basin to the Libyan border. It is a rocky, low-altitude plain, but it slopes gently from the southwest to the east and north, and the Qatara lowland is in the north, and the Gir Wakebir plateau at the southwestern end has mountains over 1,000 meters high. The oases of Siwa, Bahariya, Farafra, Dafra, and Kharga are continuous from the northwest to the southeast, and the majority of the estimated 190,000 population is semi-nomadic. The Dakhla and Kharga oases are being developed as part of the New Valley Development Plan. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
エジプト西部の大砂漠。アラビア語で西部砂漠の意。地理的にはリビア砂漠の一部で,東はナイル川から西はリビア国境,北は地中海にいたるまでの間,涸れ川 (ワディ) もない広大な地。面積約 68万 km2で,エジプトの地図上の総面積のほぼ 70%を占める。ナイル川流域のミンヤー付近からリビア国境にかけて引いた北緯 28°20′線から南部のワディアルジャディード県 (ニューバレー) と北部のマトルーフ県の2つに分けられる。岩石が多く,標高の低い平原をなしているが,南西部から東部と北部にゆるやかに傾斜し,北部にはカッターラ低地があり,南西端のギルワケビール高原には 1000m以上の山もある。北西から南東にかけてシーワ,バハリーヤ,ファラーフラ,ダーフラ,ハールガの各オアシスが連続し,19万と推定される人口の大半は半遊牧民。ダーフラとハールガのオアシスはニューバレー開発計画の一部として開発が進められている。
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