Eastern Desert of Egypt

E171229

desert region geographical region

The Eastern Desert of Egypt is a rugged, arid region between the Nile River and the Red Sea, known for its mountains, mineral resources, and ancient trade and mining routes.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Eastern Desert	18
Eastern Desert of Egypt canonical	2
Eastern Desert region of Egypt	2
Eastern Desert (Northeast Africa)	1
Eastern Desert (inland)	1
Eastern Desert escarpment	1
Eastern Desert plateau	1
Egypt Eastern Desert	1
Egyptian Eastern Desert and Sinai region	1
Egyptian Eastern Desert region	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	desert region ⓘ geographical region ⓘ
archaeologicalSignificance	ancient mining settlements ⓘ inscriptions and rock art ⓘ
biome	desert ⓘ
borders	Nile Valley ⓘ Red Sea coast ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ
climateCharacteristic	high summer temperatures ⓘ large diurnal temperature range ⓘ very low rainfall ⓘ
contains	oases ⓘ rocky plateaus ⓘ steep mountains ⓘ wadi systems ⓘ
containsResource	copper ⓘ emeralds ⓘ gold ⓘ granite ⓘ phosphate ⓘ porphyry ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
crossedBy	ancient routes from Nile to Red Sea ports ⓘ
geology	Precambrian basement rocks ⓘ igneous rocks ⓘ metamorphic rocks ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Red Sea ⓘ
hasMountainRange	Red Sea Hills ⓘ
highestPoint	Jabal Shayib al-Banat ⓘ
historicallyUsedFor	caravan trade routes ⓘ gold mining ⓘ stone quarrying ⓘ
knownFor	ancient mining sites ⓘ ancient trade routes ⓘ mineral resources ⓘ mountain ranges ⓘ quarries ⓘ
locatedBetween	Nile ⓘ surface form: Nile River Red Sea ⓘ
locatedIn	Africa ⓘ Northeast Africa ⓘ
modernEconomicUse	mineral extraction ⓘ tourism ⓘ transport corridors between Nile and Red Sea ports ⓘ
partOf	Arabian Desert ⓘ Sahara Desert ⓘ
terrain	rugged ⓘ
usedSince	Pharaonic period ⓘ Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Ptolemaic period Roman period ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

10th of Ramadan City → locatedInDesert → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

Beja people → geographicArea → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert

Nile Valley → borderedBy → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert

Egyptian new administrative capital project → locatedIn → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Egyptian New Administrative Capital

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert

North Sinai Governorate → partOf → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian Eastern Desert and Sinai region

South Sinai Governorate → partOf → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian Eastern Desert region

Shorouk City → locatedInDesert → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

Red Sea Governorate → locatedIn → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert

Beja → region → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert

Moqattam Hill → partOf → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert escarpment

Cairo–Ismailia Desert Road → locatedInRegion → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert

Cairo–Ismailia Desert Road → passesThrough → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert

Red Sea Hills → partOf → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert

Red Sea Hills → partOf → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egypt Eastern Desert

Bisharin → traditionalHabitat → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert

Saint Anthony Monastery → locatedIn → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert

new towns program of Egypt → geographicScope → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert

Egyptian road network → traverses → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert

Safaga → partOf → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert region of Egypt

Quseer → partOf → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert region of Egypt

Quseer → borderedBy → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert (inland)

Ras Gharib → partOf → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert

Halaib → locatedInSubregion → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert

Gebel Elba National Park → partOf → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert

Marsa Alam → partOf → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert

Blemmyes → ethnicGroupOf → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert

Blemmyes → locatedIn → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert

Bejae → associatedWithGeographicFeature → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert (Northeast Africa)

Sahel Selim → nearbyGeographicFeature → Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Desert plateau