rom the oases depressions, the only agriculturally productive
area of the Western Desert is its narrow coastal zone along
the Mediterranean Sea. There, in a strip about 20 miles (32
kilometers) wide paralleling the sea from the Libyan border
to Alexandria, relatively good rains support many crops and
about half of all the wild plant species that live in Egypt. Wild
animals are scarce. The larger ones, such as the cheetah, oryx
antelope, addax antelope, and hartebeest, were hunted to local
extinction in the twentieth century.
The Western Desert, also known as the Libyan Desert, is the northeastern
arm of the Sahara Desert and extends west from the Nile River into
Libya. Encompassing more than 272,000 square miles (704,477 square
kilometers), the Western Desert stretches across more than two-thirds
of Egypt
area of the Western Desert is its narrow coastal zone along
the Mediterranean Sea. There, in a strip about 20 miles (32
kilometers) wide paralleling the sea from the Libyan border
to Alexandria, relatively good rains support many crops and
about half of all the wild plant species that live in Egypt. Wild
animals are scarce. The larger ones, such as the cheetah, oryx
antelope, addax antelope, and hartebeest, were hunted to local
extinction in the twentieth century.
The Western Desert, also known as the Libyan Desert, is the northeastern
arm of the Sahara Desert and extends west from the Nile River into
Libya. Encompassing more than 272,000 square miles (704,477 square
kilometers), the Western Desert stretches across more than two-thirds
of Egypt
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