EGYPT

Egypt

Egypt

Introduction

Egypt - a state at the crossroads of two continents, Asia and Africa. Despite the fact that the map looks like one of Egypt's largest Arab country, unfortunately it is only an appearance, partly reminiscent of Russia. Egypt has a territory of about one million square kilometers, but 95% of the area - it is a lifeless desert. 90% of Egypt's population lives on 3% of the territory in the Nile Delta (Goldschmidt 2002).

Physical Features and Geography of Egypt

Egypt - one of the largest countries in the Arab world. It is located at the intersection of African and Asian continent (the boundary between them passes through the famous Suez Canal, which connects the Mediterranean and Red Sea). Egypt occupies the northeastern part of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in Asia.

Arab Republic of Egypt borders Libya to the west, Sudan to the south, Israel and the Arab part of Palestine in the north-east. Maximum length of the country: from north to south - 1030 km from west to east - 1200 km. The total area of Egypt more than 1 million square meters. km. Coast of Egypt by the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea and the east.

Egypt is situated in the latitude belt of deserts, which runs through northern Africa, southwestern and central Asia and includes the greatest on Earth, the Sahara desert in northern Africa. Therefore, 96% of its territory falls on barren deserts, where there is practically no water and vegetation. The remaining 4% are found mainly in the delta and the Nile Valley, which has always been focused almost all of agriculture and the population of Egypt. The area of this important area is only 40,000 square meters. km.

Although the total length of the coastlines is quite large, there are few ...