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2008
Until the beginning of the 20th century it was customary to refer to the whole North African desert as the Sahara (Sahra is the Arabic name for a desert), but recently it has become usual to divide the entire desert region of North Africa into Libyan (on the east) and Saharan (on the west) sections (Mitwally, 1953).
M. A. Zahran, A. J. Willis
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Until the beginning of the 20th century it was customary to refer to the whole North African desert as the Sahara (Sahra is the Arabic name for a desert), but recently it has become usual to divide the entire desert region of North Africa into Libyan (on the east) and Saharan (on the west) sections (Mitwally, 1953).
M. A. Zahran, A. J. Willis
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Outstation Education : Western Desert Style
The Aboriginal Child at School, 1982Papunya settlement is located some 250km west of Alice Springs on the Haasts Bluff Aboriginal Reserve. Originally commenced in 1958 as an alternative for the growing numbers of people living at the old Finke River Mission ration depot of Haasts Bluff, it became the centre of the Luritja language group.
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Carrion Insects of the Egyptian Western Desert
Journal of Medical Entomology, 1991A general survey was made on the zoosaprophagous insects and their associates in a natural ecosystem in the Egyptian western desert (80 km west of Alexandria, 12 km from the Mediterranean Sea shore). Two types of traps were used, one for flying insects and the other for soil-burrowing insects.
E M, Hegazi, M A, Shaaban, E, Sabry
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Attempted Predation of Western Desert Tarantula By Sonoran Desert Toad
The Southwestern Naturalist, 2017Sonoran Desert toads (Incilius alvarius) are known to consume invertebrates, small lizards, other toads, and mice. Here we report an attempt by a Sonoran Desert toad to consume a western desert tarantula (Aphonopelma chalcodes) at Sabino Canyon, Arizona.
Michael T. Bogan, Drew E. Eppehimer
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Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, 2023
Mohammad Abdelfattah Sarhan, E. S. Selim
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Mohammad Abdelfattah Sarhan, E. S. Selim
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Seismotectonic Setting of the Egyptian Western Desert
Geotectonics, 2023K. Omar +4 more
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Western Sahara: Deserted Standards?
2011As one of the last unresolved self-determination cases originating during decolonization, Western Sahara has been on the international agenda for decades. Yet, despite over forty years of international pressure, mediation, peacekeeping, and attempts to conduct a referendum, the issue remains unresolved.
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Rural Experiences: The Western Desert
2019This chapter is concerned with the Dakhla and Kharga Oases in the Western Desert. This was an obscure region, considered by the Egyptians to be outside of Egypt proper. Population there was limited, especially after the Old Kingdom when the artesian wells dried up. This picture changes dramatically under Achaemenid rule.
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Australian Aboriginal Subsistence in the Western Desert
Human Ecology, 1987This paper describes Aboriginal subsistance patterns in the northern part of the Western Desert, Western Australia. It describes the seasonal round of the Aboriginal people living in this area, provides a quantified description of the plant and animal resources, and concludes by drawing attention to specific aspects of Aboriginal subsistence in this ...
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North-east Western Desert Petroleum System
4th EAGE North African/Mediterranean Petroleum and Geosciences Conference and Exhibition Tunis 2009, 2009The petroleum system of the South Alamein area (Western Desert - Egypt) has been evaluated in the frame of an exploration effort in the area.
I. Moretti +4 more
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