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| Image number: | 2278 |
| Feature : | rock shelter |
| Grouping : | caves |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1999 |
| Locality : | Sodmein cave |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Quseir |
| Physiographic region : | Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | The discussion is open whether the Sodmein cave has a solutional (karst) or mechanical origin. The rockfall in front of the shelder comes from the cliff in which the shelter has been developed |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1999 Image 2278. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |