Egypt: Land Degradation Issues with Special Reference to the Impact of Climate Change - Combating Desertification in Asia, Africa and the Middle East - page 110

AGRO -: ECOLOGICAL ZONES OF EGYPT

SCALE 1:7.5co,ooc

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Al Iskandriyah

1

2

3

3

Al Qahira

6

6

4

6

5

Bahariya

5

Dakhla

5

Kharga

5

5

5

Aswon

5

6

6

LEGEND

1 Baltim zone

2
3
4
5
6

Gemmeiza zone
Tahrir - ismailia zone
Beni Suef - Giza zone
Mario - Aswan zone
Stony and mountainous desert

Fig. 6.1 Agro-ecological zones in Egypt

2. The Nile Valley: Encompassing the fertile alluvial land of Upper Egypt, the Delta
and the reclaimed desert areas in the fringes of the old Nile valley.
3. The Oases and Southern Remote Desert Areas: Including Uwienate, Toshki and
Darb El-Arbien Areas and Oases of the Western Desert.