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| Image number: | 2021 |
| Feature : | wind blown straw |
| Grouping : | aeolian activities |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1995 |
| Locality : | Wadi Sodmein |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Quseir |
| Physiographic region : | Desert-Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | Wilted and withered plant remains are dryed out and are comparable to straw. These remains are transported by wind and water. In places, located above the ephemeral plant growing belt in the wadi, such straw remains point to wind activity. In the picture, the straw remains are stacked behind an acacia tree trunk (desert vegetation). |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1995 Image 2021. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |