Egyptian desert

E891814

desert region geographical region

The Egyptian desert is a vast arid region of North Africa characterized by sweeping sand dunes, rocky plateaus, and ancient historical sites scattered across its harsh yet striking landscape.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Egyptian desert canonical	6
Egyptian Western Desert	1
the Red Land (desert regions of Egypt)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	desert region ⓘ geographical region ⓘ
borderedBy	Mediterranean Sea coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Nile Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Sea coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ hyper-arid ⓘ
contains	oases ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
economicActivity	natural gas extraction ⓘ oil extraction ⓘ phosphate mining ⓘ tourism ⓘ
ecoregionType	hot desert ecoregion ⓘ
hasPart	Eastern Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ Libyan Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinai Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
humanSettlementPattern	concentrated around oases ⓘ
knownFor	Coptic monasteries ⓘ Pharaonic-era remains ⓘ Roman-era forts ⓘ ancient caravan routes ⓘ archaeological sites ⓘ rock art ⓘ
notableOasis	Bahariya Oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ Dakhla Oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ Farafra Oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ Kharga Oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ Siwa Oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRegion	Black Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Desert mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Gilf Kebir Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Sand Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Qattara Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ White Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	North African deserts ⓘ Sahara Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
temperatureCharacteristic	hot summers ⓘ large diurnal temperature range ⓘ
terrainFeature	gravel plains ⓘ mountain ranges ⓘ rocky plateaus ⓘ sand dunes ⓘ
tourismActivity	desert safaris ⓘ stargazing ⓘ trekking ⓘ
typicalPrecipitation	very low rainfall ⓘ
vegetation	sparse desert vegetation ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Conferences → setting → Egyptian desert ⓘ

Sarah of the Desert → region → Egyptian desert ⓘ

Theodora of Alexandria → residence → Egyptian desert ⓘ

Abba Moses → livedIn → Egyptian desert ⓘ

Syncletica of Alexandria → regionOfActivity → Egyptian desert ⓘ

Amma Theodora → placeOfActivity → Egyptian desert ⓘ

Setesh → associatedWith → Egyptian desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Red Land (desert regions of Egypt)

Campaign against the Oasis of Siwa → location → Egyptian desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian Western Desert