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Abstract
The Sinai Peninsula covers an area of about 60,000 km2
, bordered from the
North by the Mediterranean Sea and from the South by the Red Sea. At Ras
Mohammed, the southern-most tip of Sinai, the Red Sea bifurcates into two
embayments: the Gulf of Suez in the West and the Gulf of Aqaba in the East. From
the geological point of view, the Sinai Peninsula is covered by various formations
ranging from the Pre-Cambrian to the Recent. The Pre- Cambrian Basement Complex
consists mainly of metamorphic and igneous rocks and is well exposed in the
southern part of Sinai. The Basement Complex is covered with Paleozoic and younger
sedimentary formations that extend and occupy the northern part of the Peninsula.
Extensive drainage lines cover most of Sinai (Rg. 1). In the West drainage
systems originate from the relatively high sedimentary plateaux close to the Gulf of
Suez and drain mainly westwards towards the Gulf of Suez and Suez Canal zone. In
southern Sinai the drainage lines start from Pre-Cambrian Basement Complex
mountainous area and drain towards the EI-Qaa plain and eventually towards the Gulf
of Suez and towards the Gulf of Aqaba.