Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1982
Abstract
Eneroaching sands constitute Yilfages of the Kharga Oasis serious threat to che farmlands and the Nestemn Dasert of Egypt. Landsat images of the region provide a broad overvieN allowing the identification of aroas future enerosehment as well as zones apparentiy sheltered from the onslaught of the southward moving aand dunes, Five such sheltered sites were explored in che fielda to detarmine their feasi. bility for agricultural and village expansion. Ädditigmally, observations Nere made on the eleccI veness of various kinds of naturat obstacl es within the region as barriers to sand and wind.
Recommended Citation
Strain, Priscilla L. and El-Baz, Farouk. 1982. "Sand Distribution in the Kharga Depression of Egypt: Observations from Landsat Images." Proceedings of the International Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment—First Thematic Conference: Remote Sensing of Arid land Semi-Arid Lands, 765–774.