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| Image number: | 2002 |
| Feature : | river |
| Grouping : | river erosion |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1995 |
| Locality : | Sodmein area |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Quseir |
| Physiographic region : | Desert-Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | This old river bed shows only denudated rocks, no river deposits. Although this strong erosion dates probably from a wetter period in the desert, it is known that such rivers flow slightly during winter rains. Their behaviour during the hevy thunderstorm with a 30 year recurrency has never been observed. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1995 Image 2002. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |