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| Image number: | 253 |
| Feature : | notch in coral reef |
| Grouping : | coastal forms |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1999 |
| Locality : | Quseir coast |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Red Sea coast |
| Physiographic region : | Desert-Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | Erosion by wave activity has caused the etching out of a rim in the reef at the wave level. The notch is the protrusion above this rim. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1999 Image 253. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |