 Barbary & the Sahara. Length, N. to S., 520 m. Area uncertain. P. 2,895,500. Cap. Cairo. The territory of Egypt is composed of a long narrow valley, enclosed by a double range of hills, which extend from Assouan to Cairo, & traversed by the Nile. There...  Putnam's Home Cyclopedia ... - Page 277by G.P. Putnam & Co - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Theophilus Carey Callicot - Geography - 1853 - 876 pages
...NE Africa, bounded N. by the Mediterranean, E. by the isthmus of Suez .t the Red sea, 8. by Nubia, 4 W. by Barbary & the Sahara. Length, N. to S., 520...branches of the Nile, having the sea for its base, A called the Delta, from its resemblance to the Greek letter A. These mntn. chains, which defend the... | |
 | Theophilus Carey Callicot - Geography - 1853 - 874 pages
...K. by Nubia, 4 W. by Barbary A the Sahara. Length. N. to S , 520 m. Area uncertain. P. 2,81)5,500. Cap. Cairo. The territory of Egypt is composed of...double range of hills, which extend from Assouan to C.iiro, & traversed by the Nile. There is a triangular space enclosed by two branches of the Nile,... | |
 | Edmund Markham Heale - 1853 - 296 pages
...is 520 miles ; its breadth is undefined. The area is uncertain. Natural Features, Climate, fyc. — The territory of Egypt is composed of a long narrow valley, enclosed by a double I range of hills, which extend from Assouan to Cairo, and traversed by the Nile. North of Cairo, where... | |
 | Theophilus Carey Callicot - Geography - 1854 - 882 pages
...EGÜISHEIM, a comm. & town of France, dep. IL Rhin. P. 2,149. EGYPT, the Misraim of scripture, A Маззг of the Arabs, a country of NE Africa, bounded N. by...branches of the Nile, having the sea for its base, A called the Delta, from its resemblance to the Greek letter Д. These mntn. chains, which defend the... | |
 | Theophilus Carey Callicot - Gazetteers - 1855 - 880 pages
...the isthmus of Suez .fc the Red sea, S. by Nubia, * Vf. by Barbary * the Sahara. Length, N". to R., 520 m. Area uncertain. P. 2,895,500. Cap. Cairo. The...branches of the Nile, having the sea for its base, A called the Delta, from its resemblance to the Greek letter A. These inntn. chains, which defend the... | |
 | Edmund Markham Heale - 1863 - 288 pages
...is 520 miles ; its breadth is undefined. The area is uncertain. Natural Features, Climate, &c. — The territory of Egypt is composed of a long narrow...range of hills, which extend from Assouan to Cairo, and traversed by the Nile. North of Cairo, where the mountains terminate, the Nile separates into numerous... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1872 - 216 pages
...miles ; Breadth, irregular ; Area, 175,000 sq. miles ; Pop. 5,800,000 ; Cap. Cairo. 6. Surface. — Egypt is composed of a long narrow valley, enclosed by a double range of hills, rising from 300 ft. to 2,000 ft. above the sea, and extending from South to North. The space included... | |
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