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    The Qattara Depression Project or Qattara Project is a macro-engineering project concept in Egypt. Rivalling the Aswan High Dam in scope, the intention...
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  • The Qattara Depression (Arabic: منخفض القطارة, romanized: Munḫafaḍ al-Qaṭṭārah) is a depression in northwestern Egypt, specifically in the Matruh Governorate...
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    energy project at the Qattara Depression further. He directed the "Board of Advisers" which was responsible for the planning and financing of the project. For...
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    Imperialism Megaproject Northern European Enclosure Dam Qattara Depression Project Lake Chad replenishment project Red Sea Dam Strait of Gibraltar crossing Three...
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    idea to use nuclear explosives in civil engineering projects such as the Qattara Depression Project. It was also suggested that nuclear explosives might...
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    Siwa Oasis (redirect from Siwa Depression)
    [ˈwæːħet ˈsiːwæ]) is an urban oasis in Egypt. It is situated between the Qattara Depression and the Great Sand Sea in the Western Desert, 50 kilometres (31 mi)...
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  • the Qattara Depression in Egypt, an area that lies below sea level. The core problem of the entire project was the water supply to the depression. Calculations...
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    as ludicrous. Atlantropa Bridge of the Horns Hydroelectricity Qattara Depression Project Water portal Power from closing the Red Sea: Economic and ecological...
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    cartographer (c. 1470 – 1553) – Early cartographer of the Mediterranean Qattara Depression Project – Hydroelectric macro-engineering concept in Egypt Seto Inland...
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  • Megascale engineering Permaculture Permaforestry Sahara Forest Project Qattara Depression Project Red Sea dam Sand fence Seawater Greenhouse Sustainable agriculture...
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  • undeveloped in 2024 is the Qattara Depression. Several schemes have been proposed through the years to implement a Qattara Depression Project. None of which have...
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    portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to Invasion of the Sea. Qattara Depression Project Chott Melrhir Canavan, Gerry (2018). The Cambridge History of...
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  • the Quattara Depression Project, is unusual in that salt water would be flowing from the Mediterranean Sea into the Qattara Depression, forming an artificial...
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  • unable to significantly expand its hydropower infrastructure. The Qattara Depression Project remains the only undeveloped large-scale hydropower site, with...
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    Farafra, Dakhla, then Kharga in the south. East of Siwa lies the Qattara Depression, a low-lying area dotted with salt marsh and extending 310 km (190 mi)...
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    late 1942. The defences stretch from the Mediterranean coast to the Qattara Depression. An estimated 16 million mines, planted by the Europeans during the...
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    of Africa. It covers an area of approximately 2.434 million km2. Qattara Depression, in Egypt. Chott Melrhir, in Algeria. Chott el Djerid, in Tunisia...
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    64 km (40 mi) to the south of El Alamein, the steep slopes of the Qattara Depression ruled out the possibility of Axis armour moving around the southern...
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  • coasts; others are below sea level, such as the Dead Sea and the Qattara Depression, where hydro schemes have been proposed to exploit the hydraulic pressure...
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    the large enclosed basins in Africa, such as Farafra, Baharia, Dakhla, Qattara, Siwa and Kargha. Pans are widespread in southern and western Australia...
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    an attack by the Axis would have to pass between the coast and the Qattara Depression about 40 mi (64 km) to the south and impassable for tanks. The Eighth...
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    List of elevation extremes by country (category Pages using Sister project links with default search)
    Valley is the lowest point of the United States and North America. The Qattara Depression is the lowest point in Egypt. Aydingkol is the lowest point of China...
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    positions at El Alamein. This region is a natural choke point, where the Qattara Depression creates a relatively short line to defend that could not be outflanked...
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  • Aquifer, the Moghra Aquifer between the West of the Nile Delta and the Qattara Depression, and coastal aquifers on the North-Western coast. The Nile Aquifer...
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    cover 54,000 square kilometres (21,000 sq mi) including: the Qattara and Siwa depressions in northern Egypt, the Tunisian salt lakes of central Tunisia...
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  • Sahara and is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea from the north and Qattara Depression and the Siwa Oasis from the south This vast area has a mild climate...
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    Extreme points of Egypt High: Mount Catherine 2,629 m (8,625 ft) Low: Qattara Depression −133 m (−436 ft) Land boundaries: 2,665 km (1,656 mi)  Sudan 1,273 km...
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    (80 km) of Alexandria where the Qattara Depression was 40 mi (64 km) south of El Alamein on the coast. The depression was impassable and meant that any...
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    supply much more efficient and the geographical bottleneck of the Qattara Depression, 40 mi (64 km) to the south, made an Axis outflanking move much more...
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    Egypt (category Pages using Sister project links with hidden wikidata)
    million hectares by 2030. Major initiatives include the New Delta and Toshka Project, designed to convert desert areas into farmland using advanced irrigation...
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