Mountain of Dead: A remarkable geoheritage site for sustainable socio-economic development in Siwa Oasis, Egypt

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1 Geology department, faculty of science, Benha University

2 Geology department, faculty of science, Benha university

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The geological heritage sites in the Great Sahara in northern Africa have an extreme importance as they offer a lot of socio-economic benefits and employment opportunities to the inhabitants of this desolate desert. Additionally, these heritage sites provide significant scientific, educational, cultural and aesthetic values.Amongst these interesting sites is Siwa Oasis, which is located in the far west of Egypt along the Libyan Desert. The oasis tolerates some forms of life in this hyper-arid desert. Finding new geology-related resources is very necessary for sustainable development of such remote oases in the Sahara. Geologically, Siwa Oasis is a large naturally excavated depression originated primarily through long periods of karstification and severe erosion, which left some residual hills behind. These hills constitute several spectacular geomorphological landforms such as buttes, mesas, inselbergs and mushroom rocks, which are scattered on the floor of the depression.Some residual hills on the floor of Siwa Oasis forming inselbergs and butte landforms.

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Benha Journal of Applied Sciences
Volume 10, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
Applied and Basic Sciences:
February 2025
Pages 111-113

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