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| Image number: | 2007 |
| Feature : | rills |
| 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. In this case the rills start from a vertical shaft which clearly provided the water. The size of the debris excludes that they are coming from the inside of the shaft. They are detached from the ceilings. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1995 Image 2007. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |