Egypt geography represents that Egypt lies at the northeast corner of African
continent on the Mediterranean Sea that lies north of Egypt. Egypt is slightly
more than three times the size of Mexico and is bordered by Libya on the west,
Sudan on the south and on the east by the red Sea and Israel.
Geographically speaking Egypt is divided into two separate unequal land areas:
Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt by the northward flowing Nile River, which is the
main identity of Egypt geography. Nile River originates from south of the Mediterranean
Sea and flows northward and fans out into the sea front between the cities of
Alexandria and Port Said.
Apart from the Nile River Valley most of the Egypt's landscape part is arid
and sandy desert. Egypt also includes part of Sahara and Libyan Deserts. Lower
Egypt stretches from the south of present day Cairo to the Nile Delta at Alexandria
city. Where as Upper Egypt is a narrow strip of land that stretches from the
modern day Aswan to the south of present Cairo.
Nile-the world's longest river is the dominant feature of Egypt geography.
The highest lands in Egypt are located in the south and are in a slopping position
directed towards the Mediterranean Sea. While some of the mountains, reaching
over 8350 feet high, are situated in the south of Sinai Peninsula.
Egypt geography is the natural habitat of many resources like petroleum, natural
gas, iron ore, limestone, lead, zinc and many more. Among the total land of
Egypt only 2.92% land is used as the arable land. Frequent droughts, earthquakes,
floods during summer season, landslides, and sandstorms are the other features
of Egypt geography.
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