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Nile Delta Aquifer in Egypt

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Seawater Intrusion in Coastal Aquifers — Concepts, Methods and Practices

Part of the book series: Theory and Applications of Transport in Porous Media ((TATP,volume 14))

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Egypt lies between latitudes 22° and 32° North, and longitudes 25° and 35° East. The North boundary of Egypt is the Mediterranean Sea, and the East is the Red Sea. The South and West are political boundaries with Sudan and Libya, respectively. Land area of Egypt is about one million km2, 94% of which is desert. The population of the country is currently estimated as 62 million.

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  1. M. Sherif
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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, 32000, Haifa, Israel

    Jacob Bear

  2. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, 19716, Newark, Delaware, USA

    Alexander H.-D. Cheng

  3. Water Resources Research Center, J. Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 84990, Sde Boker Campus, Israel

    Shaul Sorek

  4. Laboratoire d’Analyse de Systémees Hydrauliques, Ecole Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs, Université Mohammed V, B.P. 765, Agdal Rabat, Morocco

    Driss Ouazar

  5. National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

    Ismael Herrera

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Sherif, M. (1999). Nile Delta Aquifer in Egypt. In: Bear, J., Cheng, A.HD., Sorek, S., Ouazar, D., Herrera, I. (eds) Seawater Intrusion in Coastal Aquifers — Concepts, Methods and Practices. Theory and Applications of Transport in Porous Media, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2969-7_17

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