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| Image number: | 2006 |
| Feature : | cavities |
| Grouping : | caves |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1995 |
| Locality : | Tree shelter valley, Sodmein |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Quseir |
| Physiographic region : | Desert-Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | Cavities, galleries, rock shelters and caves are developed in the Thebes Limestone. They are probably karstic in origin bu evolve at present by physical weathering. Their relation with existing fissures is clear. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1995 Image 2006. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |