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PRONUNCIATION OF QATTARA DEPRESSION

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QATTARA DEPRESSION

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WHAT DOES QATTARA DEPRESSION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Qattara Depression

Qattara Depression

The Qattara Depression is a depression in the north west of Egypt in the Matruh Governorate and is part of the Libyan Desert. It lies below sea level and is covered with salt pans, sand dunes and salt marshes. The region extends between latitudes of 28°35' and 30°25' North and longitudes of 26°20' and 29°02' East. Some twenty kilometres west of the depression lie the oasis of Siwa and Jaghbub in smaller but similar depressions. The Qattara Depression contains the second lowest point in Africa at −133 metres below sea level, the lowest being Lake Assal in Djibouti. The depression covers about 19,605 square kilometres, a size comparable to Lake Ontario or twice as large as Lebanon. Due to its size and proximity to the Mediterranean Sea shore it has been studied for its potential to generate hydroelectricity.

Definition of Qattara Depression in the English dictionary

The definition of Qattara Depression in the dictionary is an arid basin in the Sahara, in NW Egypt, impassable to vehicles. Area: about 18 000 sq km. Lowest point: 133 m below sea level.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QATTARA DEPRESSION


antara
ænˈtɑːrə
Ara
ˈɑːrə
Asmara
æsˈmɑːrə
Carrara
kəˈrɑːrə
Ferrara
fəˈrɑːrə
Guadalajara
ˌɡwɑːdələˈhɑːrə
Guevara
ɡəˈvɑːrə
heketara
ˈhɛkɛtɑːrə
Lara
ˈlɑːrə
mascara
mæˈskɑːrə
Nara
ˈnɑːrə
para
ˈpɑːrə
Sahara
səˈhɑːrə
samara
səˈmɑːrə
satara
sɑːˈtɑːrə
sayonara
ˌsaɪəˈnɑːrə
solfatara
ˌsɒlfəˈtɑːrə
tiara
tɪˈɑːrə
tuatara
ˌtuːəˈtɑːrə
vara
ˈvɑːrə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QATTARA DEPRESSION

Qabis
Qaboos bin Said
Qaddafi
Qaddish
Qaddishim
qadi
qaid
qaimaqam
Qairwan
qalamdan
qanat
QANTAS
Qaraghandy
QARANC
qasida
qat
Qatar
Qatari

WORDS THAT END LIKE QATTARA DEPRESSION

admission
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Translator English - Chinese

盖塔拉洼地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

depresión de Qattara
570 millions of speakers

English

Qattara Depression
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Qattara डिप्रेशन
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

منخفض القطارة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Каттара Депрессия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Qattara Depressão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাতাতার বিষণ্নতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

La dépression de Qattara
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kemurungan Qattara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Qattara Depression
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Qattaraうつ病
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Qattara 우울증
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Depresi Qattara
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Qattara suy thoái
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கத்தார டிப்ரசன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कत्तरा उदासीनता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Qattara Depresyon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Depressione di Qattara
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Depresja Qattara
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Каттара Депресія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Qattara Depresia
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Qattara κατάθλιψη
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Qattara Depressie
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Qattara Depression
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Qattara Depresjon
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QATTARA DEPRESSION»

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Sequence Stratigraphy of the Lower Miocene Moghra Formation ...
Mansoura University, Mansoura, p 149 Abdeldayem AL (1996) Paleomagnetism of some Miocene rocks, Qattara depression, Western Desert, Egypt. J Afr Earth Sci 22:525—533 Abu-Zeid M, Al-Wakeel M (1992) Petrology, sedimentation and  ...
Safiya M. Hassan, 2013
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Macro-engineering Seawater in Unique Environments: Arid ...
8 Conclusion The Qattara Depression has a below Mediterranean Sea level area of about 19,605 km2 and a total volume of 1,213 km3 with a maximum depth of 134 m b.m.s.l. It has a maximum length of 300 km and width of 145 km, the ...
Viorel Badescu, Richard Cathcart, 2011
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Handshake Across the Jordan: Water and Understanding: ...
Egypt's Qattara Depression Potential Hydropower Mohamed Eizel-Din*, Mohamed Bakr Khalil** *Innsbruck University, Institute for Infrastructure ( Wasserbau) Technikerstrasse 13, Innsbruck, Austria **Helwan University, Faculty of Engineering ...
Markus Aufleger, Michael Mett, 2011
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Military Geology in War and Peace
Those of just two generations ago can recall the formidable natural barrier posed by the salt marshes in the Qattara depression, 60 km south of El Alamein in Egypt . Armored units on both sides in World War II were crucially aware of the ...
James R. Underwood, Peter L. Guth, 1998
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Groundwater Base Level Changes and Adjoining Hydrological ...
11.24 A regional hydrogeological cross-section between the Mediterranean Sea and the Kharga springs through the Qattara Depression, exhibiting a fresh–saline water interface extending to the Qattara Depression [after Shata (1982)].
Uri Kafri, Yoseph Yechieli, 2010
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Security and Environment in the Mediterranean: ...
Currently these projects proceed in close cooperation with mine clearance operations. The funding of the clearance activities has primarily come from the annual national budget. Works have been suspended in the Qattara Depression project ...
Hans Günter Brauch, 2003
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Qattara Depression
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Qattara Depression (Arabic: Mun afa al-Qa rah) is a depression in the north west of Egypt in the Matruh Governorate and is part of the Libyan Desert.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Egypt: An Economic Geography
Vast new oil fields have been explored in the country's west in the Libyan Desert between the Qattara Depression and the Mediterranean coast, in a fault running in an east-west direction. Egypt's hopes are presently concentrated on these.
Fouad N. Ibrahim, Barbara Ibrahim, 2003
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Macro-Engineering: A Challenge for the Future
In the Qattara depression optimal efficiency will be achieved as soon as the water level has reached −60 m, corresponding to a surface area of 12000km2 and to an annual evaporation volume of more than 20000 million m3. Thus a seawater ...
Viorel Badescu, Richard Brook Cathcart, Roelof D. Schuiling, 2007
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Ocean Energies: Environmental, Economic and Technological ...
The Qattara Basin project A similar concept for Egypt's Western Desert dates back about 70 years ago when a German scientist suggested that it was feasible to channel water from the Mediterranean to the Qattara Depression, a huge, ...
R.H. Charlier, J.R. Justus, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QATTARA DEPRESSION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Qattara Depression is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why Your Next Safari Should Be in Egypt
Among the Western Desert's most striking features are the Qattara Depression (the lowest point in Africa), the Ghard Abu Muharrik (Egypt's longest dune) and ... «Condé Nast Traveler, Apr 15»
2
Letters to the Editor: Why won't Delaware's delegation meet with …
The flooding of the Qattara Depression to moderate the climate of Egypt has not been suggested, and both the Aswan and Three Gorges dams were opposed. «The News Journal, Mar 15»
3
Seoul Still Clueless What Caused Sidewalk Sinkhole
Egypt's Qattara Depression is about 80 kilometers by 121 kilometers in area. Usually, sinkholes are only a few meters in size. There are indicators of possible ... «Chinatopix, Feb 15»
4
Egypt initiates plan to ensure food security
“We started locating and preparing the areas where wells are to be drilled south of the Siwa Oasis, south and east of the Qattara Depression, west of Minya, the ... «Al-Monitor, Oct 14»
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New Fossil Species Named After Mick Jagger's Lips
The remains are from part of a rich seam of prehistoric discovery at the site of Wadi Moghra in the Qattara Depression in Egypt where many fossils from the ... «RedOrbit, Sep 14»
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Sinkhole In Orlando Threatens To Devour Homes
The Qattara Depression, west of Cairo, Egypt, is the largest sinkhole in the world, measuring nearly 50 miles long and over 74 miles wide; it was formed by ... «The Inquisitr, Apr 14»
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To Terraform Mars with Present Technology - Far into Realms of …
"Plans to use the Qattara Depression for the generation of electricity date back to ... with feeding the sea water into seawater greenhouses in the depression? «Science 2.0, Jan 14»
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Egypt's path to a better future
... Plan must capitalise on the forgotten, deserted regions of Egypt, especially the Sinai, Upper Egypt, Qattara Depression and the eastern desert oases corridor. «Ahram Online, Jan 14»
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The List: bombs astray!
... inland to the Qattara Depression to generate hydroelectricity. Each of the bombs would have been more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. «Financial Times, Apr 13»
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Who, What, Why: How are sinkholes formed?
The Qattara Depression in Egypt is roughly 50 miles (80km) by 75 miles (121km) in surface size. But often sinkholes can be only a few metres in diameter. «BBC News, Mar 13»

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