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Egypt country profile

Egypt country profile

Published:
Updated: April 29, 2008, 8:11 pm
This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Lakhdar Boukerrou

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Nile river near Luxor, Egypt (Photograph by Gene Wampler) Nile river near Luxor, Egypt (Photograph by Gene Wampler)

  1. General overview
  2. Water in Egypt
  3. Energy in Egypt
  4. Human Development Index
  5. Places:
    1. Suez Canal, Egypt
    2. Ecoregions:
      1. Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands
      2. Mediterranean Basin
      3. Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe
      4. Nile Delta flooded savanna
      5. North Saharan steppe and woodlands
      6. Persian Gulf
      7. Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert
      8. Sahara desert
      9. Saharan halophytics
      10. Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands
  6. Egyptians of note
    1. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

 

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Citation

Maggie Surface (Lead Author);Lakhdar Boukerrou (Topic Editor) "Egypt country profile". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth April 29, 2008; Last revised Date April 29, 2008; Retrieved June 18, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Egypt_country_profile>

The Author

Maggie SurfaceMaggie Surface, originally from Nashville, TN, graduated in May of 2007 from Allegheny College with a double B.S. in physics and environmental studies. Her senior thesis at Allegheny focused on bringing solar energy to campus. She interned with American Rivers in the summer of 2006, helping plan River Lobby Day, and with the Meadville Area Local Growers and the Meadville Redevelopment Authority in the summer of 2005. Maggie served as the Earth Portal Program Coordinator for the National Counc ... (Full Bio)

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