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Qattara Depression
Sign in to savedepression in the Western Desert of Egypt
Key facts
- Location
- Egypt in the Matruh Governorate
- Type
- Endorheic basin
- Primary inflows
- Groundwater
- Primary outflows
- Evaporation
- Basin countries
- Egypt
- Max length
- 300 km (190 mi)
- Max width
- 135 km (84 mi)
- Surface area
- 19,605 km (7,570 sq mi)
- Average depth
- −60 m (−200 ft)
- Max depth
- −133 m (−436 ft)
- Water volume
- 1,213 km (291 cu mi)
- Settlements
- Qara Oasis
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Qattara Depression (Arabic: منخفض القطارة, romanized: Munḫafaḍ al-Qaṭṭārah) is a depression in northwestern Egypt, specifically in the Matruh Governorate. The depression is part of the Western Desert of Egypt.
The Qattara Depression lies below sea level, and its bottom is covered with salt pans, sand dunes, and salt marshes. The depression extends between the latitudes of 28°35' and 30°25' north and the longitudes of 26°20' and 29°02' east.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Qattara Depression” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.