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| Image number: | 2276 |
| Feature : | aggradation plain |
| Grouping : | river deposits |
| Discipline : | geology |
| Year : | 1999 |
| Locality : | Tree shelter valley, Sodmein |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Quseir |
| Physiographic region : | Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | The Nakheil synclinal valley has been filled up by thick deposits of bedload consisting mainly of gravels. Some rivers have created a gap into the SW-limb of the syncline. Here a nice example of a hoghback in this limb. The river here forms the apex of a huge alluvial fan, protruding to the center of the valley. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1999 Image 2276. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |