Egyptian Geography

Egypt has a total area of about one million km2 under arid and hyper arid climatic conditions of which only a small portion (3% of total area) is agriculturally productive. The country is endowed with four main agro-ecological zones having specific attributes of resource base climatic features terrain and geomorphic characteristics land use patterns and socio-economic implications. Therefore it is found appropriate to formulate a programmes comprised of sub components geared to address the specific attributes in each of the agro ecological zones distinguished as follow: 1. The Nile Valley: encompassing the fertile alluvial land of Middle and Upper Egypt the Nile Delta region and the reclaimed desert areas in the fringes of the Nile Valley. 2. North Coastal zone: including the coastal area stretching east ward from North-Western coast to North coastal area of Sinai. 3. The Inland Sinai and the Eastern Desert with their elevated southern areas. 4. The Western Desert: encompassing oases and southern remote areas including East Uweinat Tushka and Darb El-Arbian areas.