Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2005
Abstract
Radar-revealed palaeodrainage-s systems are analyzed using Radarsat-1 data covering the Kufra Oasis and parts of southeastern and northern Chad. The analysis shows that LWQ mega fuvial systems cxist the south of the Kufra Oasis. Along the western t mappable poly gonal fluvial unit overs 13,628 km² in aren, with the entire watershed extending north beyond the borders of the present 347,160 km² study area The castern system covers 4321 area and morphologically similar to the Amazon's Rio Negro. although the Aftican channel four times wider. The enormity chese features Clearly. s these mega fluvial s systems formed some tion S groundwater in the asis and nearby- circular irrigation farms i is possible. provides some cxplanation as 2 why continuous extrac- in 2005 Elsevier Lid I ights reserved. 6 thc Past when rain Wils Jentiful over protracled time period.
Recommended Citation
Robinson, Cordula A.; El-Baz, Farouk; Al-Saud, T.S.M.; and Jeon, S.B., "Use of radar data to delineate palaeodrinage leading to the kufra oasis in the eastern Sahara" (2005). Farouk El-Baz Library. 103.
https://buescholar.bue.edu.eg/farouk_el-baz_library/103