Sahara: The Great DesertRoutledge, 19/03/2019 - 290 páginas This book was originally published in 1935. The Sahara, or as it is otherwise known, the Great Desert, is probably the most outstanding desert on the surface of the earth - not only because of its exceptional aridity, but by reason of its tremendous size as well. This book examines the Sahara, including chapters on the structural formation, the climate, the geological past, and the different regions of the Sahara. |
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ORGANIZATION OF DESERT LIFE | |
STRUCTURAL FORMATION | |
INTRODUCTION OF THE CAMEL AND ITS CONSEQUENCES | |
EGYPT | |
THE TIBBU SAHARA | |
FEZZAN | |
THE TUAREG SAHARA | |
THE NEW SAHARA | |
Palavras e frases frequentes
Adrar Africa Ahaggar Aïr Algerian oases Algerian Sahara alluvial region altitude ancient Arabian Arabic artesian Atlas beds Berber Borku camel caravan century climate closed basins coast depressions dunes Duveyrier eastern Egypt Egyptian Desert entirely European extreme fact fauna feet Fezzan fluvial erosion foggaras formation French Garmantians Gautier geological Ghadames Gurara human humid Igharghar immense important irrigation Kharga known Kufara Lake Chad less Libyan Desert Maghrib massif Mediterranean meharists miles Moroccan mountains Nachtigall native natural Niger Nile nomads oases oasis Occidental Sahara oriental palm groves particularly pasturages peneplane plateaus population portion present Quaternary Quaternary wadi rains Red Sea river rock Roman route sabkha Saharan Atlas salt sand sandstone Saura serir Shari Siwah slopes steppe Sudan Sudanese surface relief Tanezrouft Tassili Taudeni terminal basin throughout Tibbus Tibesti Timbuktu Tin Hinan trans-Saharan tribes Tripolitania tropical Tuaregs Tuat valley wadi Wadi R’ir Wargla whole wind