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    The Nubian Swell is a geologic structural uplift in northern Africa that trends east to west and separates the lower Nile of Egypt from the Sudan basin...
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  • (disambiguation) Nubian Desert Nubian Plate Nubian pyramids Nubian Sandstone Nubian Square Nubian station Nubian Swell Nubian vault Nubian wig All pages with titles...
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    activity has caused the river to take on "youthful" characteristics. The Nubian Swell has diverted the river's course to the west, while keeping its depth...
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    flowed only temporarily in other periods due to the geologic uplift (Nubian Swell) of the Nile River region. During periods of a wet or Green Sahara, the...
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    flora and fauna. The Toshka Hollow lies within the seismically active Nubian Swell. The Egyptian government is developing the surrounding region, also known...
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    north of Khartoum northward to Abu Hamad. The tectonic uplift of the Nubian Swell diverts the river south-west for over 300 km, following the structure...
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    influenced by extensional dextral strike-slip faulting. To the south, the Nubian Swell is the stable continental basement for this rifted basin. In geology...
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    Afro-Arabian Rift System) is located along a divergent plate boundary dividing the Nubian, Somali, and Arabian plates. This area is considered a present-day example...
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    Colorado Plateau Utah San Rafael Desert, the drier portions of the San Rafael Swell Colorado, dominated by pinyon–juniper woodlands, but contains desert areas...
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  • Sudden Adrian Godfrey 1956-2006 English singer-songwriter and musician (Swell Maps) Big Jim Sullivan James Tomkins 1941-2012 English musician Grant Sullivan...
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    struck by three aircraft an unusually heavy swell rocked her and the she began to cave in amidships. Other swells followed and the ship was abandoned by her...
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    distinct parts, the desert and the Nile Valley. To the east of the Nile is the Nubian Desert and to the west, the Libyan Desert. Both are stony, with sandy dunes...
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    the Seaport District, the redevelopment of Dudley Square (today known as "Nubian Square"), and the redevelopment of the area surrounding Fenway Park. Alongside...
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    Statue of Liberty, Townperson 2, Video Chess Game, Waiter, Timmy, Mondo Swell Betty, Alien 2, Big Kid, Badger, Person, Fan Club President, Fan (1), Squirrel...
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  • conflicts of the Syrian Civil War and Iraq War. (It was these refugees who swelled the figures for 2016–2017.) Attacks in Spain, London, and Bali have increasingly...
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    three plates: the Nubian, Lwandle, and Somalian plates. The location on the SWIR of this "diffuse" triple junction between the Nubian, Somali, and Antarctic...
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    by being the victim of a succession of foreign occupations (Persians, Nubians, Macedonians, Romans). The Egyptian elites, politically downgraded by these...
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    Ottoman Empire were mainly of three ethnic groups: Circassian, Syrian, and Nubian. Circassian girls were described by the American journalist as fair and...
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    is the sport of male heirs Despite the enormous pain Afterwards you will swell with pride Of all the countries in the Pacific Samoa is the most famous...
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    period of the Twenty-fourth Dynasty saw the increasing influence of the Nubian kingdom to the south took full advantage of this division and the ensuing...
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    Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt would establish means of control throughout the Nubian Riverside by creating fortified stations. The location of Egyptian fortresses...
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    feathers of their vertex rise to form a crest and those of the throat and neck swell. The females and the immatures have brown rather than gray head feathers...
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    Egyptian mummy soles depicting two captive foreigners, a Syrian (left) and a Nubian (right), between 332 BC and 395 c.e. (Ptolemaic or Roman period). Slaves...
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    season is in the late autumn or winter; at this time, the males' throats swell in a goiter-like effect. Competition is vigorous, but fights rarely break...
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    According to William Montgomery Watt, as the ranks of Muhammad's followers swelled, he became a threat to the local tribes and the rulers of the city, whose...
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    African Guitar Summit (2004–2017) Afrikana Soul Sister Afrodizz (2002–) AfroNubians (1992–1998) After the Anthems (2006–2011) The Afterimage (2011–2018) Age...
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    641 all of Egypt was in Arab hands. A subsequent attempt to conquer the Nubian kingdom of Makuria was however repelled. Kairouan in Tunisia was the first...
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    Qurta, on the east bank of the Nile River in the upper Nile valley, has Nubian Sandstone formations featuring the first and earliest known examples of...
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    area. It is delineated largely by swells including the Bie, Mayumbe, Adamlia, Nil-Congo, East African, and Zambian Swells. The basin ends where the river...
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    water for use during dry seasons. The lake swelled annually from the flooding of the Nile. The Ancient Nubians developed a form of irrigation by using a...
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