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| Image number: | 2292 |
| Feature : | river bed |
| Grouping : | river deposits |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1999 |
| Locality : | Tree shelter valley, Sodmein |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Quseir |
| Physiographic region : | Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | River aggradation. Bedload deposits of several meters thick. Two reasons evidence recent river activity: 1) presence of temporary halophytic vegetation; 2) the absence of desert varnisch on the river gravels. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1999 Image 2292. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |