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| Image number: | 2061 |
| Feature : | abrasion |
| Grouping : | river deposits |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1996 |
| Locality : | Sodmein catchment |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Quseir |
| Physiographic region : | Desert-Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | The wadi river deposits are whitish as a result of abrasion, the mechanical friction between rock fragments during water flow. This friction eliminated the desert varnish from the rock fragments. The rocks above the wadi are brownish by desert dust an desert varnish. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1996 Image 2061. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/fr/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |