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 Egypt's Geography

Location and facts
 * Location:Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula


 * Surrounding Countries: bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula


 * Coordinates: 27 00 N, 30 00 E


 * Egypt is divided into 4 main parts, The Nile Valley, The Arabian Desert, The Libyan Desert, and The Sinai. About 95 percent of Egypt is desert land. The Sahara Desert covers more than two thirds of Egypt. The other deserts are the Libyan Desert, the Arabian Desert, and the Nubian Desert

Weather and Climate
 * Climate: desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters


 * The climate in Egypt is hot and dry and there are only two seasons which are winter (December through March), and summer ( the rest of the year). The average temperature in the winter is between 55 and 70 degrees F. The average temperature in the summer is between 80 and 90 degrees F. In the summer the temperature can be as high as 110 degrees F.

Land
 * Terrain: vast desert plateau interrupted by Nile valley and delta
 * Elevation Extremes: Lowest - Qattara Depression -133 m, Highest - Mount Catherine 2,629 m
 * Total Area: 1,001,450 sq km

Natural Resources 

Egypt has many natural resources! Some of these include; petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates manganese, gypsum, limestone, talc, zinc, and asbestos.



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