The Qattara Depression (Arabic: منخفض القطارة, romanized: Munḫafaḍ al-Qaṭṭārah) is a depression in northwestern Egypt, specifically in the Matruh Governorate...

[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)...

Morocco Sahara Sea Cape Bojador Qattara Depression "Tratado de Paz y Comercio entre España y Marruecos firmado el 28 de mayo de 1767". PARES. Retrieved October...

de Lesseps was raised by members of Operation Plowshare, an American idea to use nuclear explosives in civil engineering projects such as the Qattara...

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...

of salt can conceal a quagmire of mud that can engulf a truck. The Qattara Depression in the eastern Sahara Desert contains many such traps which served...

the large enclosed basins in Africa, such as Farafra, Baharia, Dakhla, Qattara, Siwa and Kargha. Pans are widespread in southern and western Australia...

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...

safety of their advance camp at Qaret Tartura on the edge of the Qattara Depression. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in September 1942. These hit-and-run...

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...

Enclosure Dam Qattara Depression Project Red Sea Dam Strait of Gibraltar crossing Three Gorges Dam Trans Global Highway Hanns Günther (Walter de Haas) (1931)...

movement was on 26 August, and a prohibition on reconnaissance near the Qattara Depression indicated that a flanking attack near there was likely. Montgomery...

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...

north of lake Birket Qarun, but specimens have also been found in the Qattara Depression and Fayum. Gingerich 2007, Etymology, p. 375 Masracetus in the Paleobiology...

Afar Depression: lowest land in Africa 2 Qattara Depression Egypt −133 m (−436 ft) 3 Danakil Depression Ethiopia −125 m (−410 ft) in Afar Depression 4 Sebkha...

Tidikelt Depression (Algeria) Sebkha Azzel Matti Sebhka Mekerrhane Tunisian salt lakes (Tunisia) Chott el Djerid Chott el Gharsa Qattara Depression (Egypt)...

(1970). 1990. (with Brooks, James E., and others) "Origin of the Qattara Depression, Egypt." Geological Society of America Bulletin v. 102,: 952–960....

The fossil deposit of Minqar Tibaghbagh in the southwest of the Qattara Depression, which was only discovered in 2007, also corresponds to the Gebel-Qatrani...

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the north by the Mediterranean and a huge salt pan, the impassable Qattara Depression, to the south. It is debatable whether Hitler had serious designs...

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...

(1996). "Aptian-Turonian palynology of the Ghazalat-1 Well (GTX-1), Qattara Depression, Egypt". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 94 (1–2). doi:10...

north, near El Alamein railway station, to the effectively impassable Qattara Depression in the south, a distance of only about 30 miles. It was therefore...

militarily occupying the country. Following this, the Khedivate became a de facto British protectorate under nominal Ottoman sovereignty. In 1899 the...

(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...

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)...

undeveloped in 2024 is the Qattara Depression. Several schemes have been proposed through the years to implement a Qattara Depression Project. None of which...

The retirements brought the Eighth Army closer to its base and the Qattara Depression to the south of El Alamein closed the southern flank. The Allied and...

they have been finding de-mined areas all along the front. Serra and Sgt. Rizzo are sent on a mission to the Qattara Depression, with orders to discover...

and battles took place along the coast when the Portuguese, under Afonso de Albuquerque, invaded the area and disrupted the Arab trade networks, triggering...