Problems of the Libyan Desert
by John Ball
★★★★★No ratings yet
Language: English
Sign in to rate this book.
Sign in to shelve this book.
About this eBook
- Author
- Ball, John, 1872-1941
- Original Publication
- London: The Royal Geographical Society, 1927.
- Credits
- Galo Flordelis (This file was produced from images generously made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa
- Subject
- Libyan Desert
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 77091
- Release Date
- October 20, 2025
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.PROBLEMS OF THE LIBYAN DESERT
- 2.1. Did the Nile, or a Branch of it, ever flow through the Libyan Desert to the Mediterranean?
- 3.2. Origin of the Depressions.
- 4.3. The Possibility of Utilization of Depressions in the Libyan Desert for Irrigation, Drainage, or Hydraulic Power.
- 5.4. The Artesian Water Supplies.
- 6.5. Permanence of Lakes.
- 7.6. Can the Present Water-supplies of the Mediterranean Littoral be supplemented by Artesian Borings?
- 8.7. Are the Artesian Water Supplies of the Oases diminishing?
- 9.8. “Lost” Oases—“Zerzura.”
- 10.9. Can Travel in the Great Tracts of the Libyan Desert which are now Waterless be facilitated by the Sinking of New Wells?
- 11.10. The “Tortoise Marshes” of Ptolemy.
- 12.11. The Sand-Dunes.
- 13.12. The Distribution of Stone Implements.
- 14.APPENDIX
- 15.FOOTNOTES:
Community reviews
Sign in to write a review.
No reviews yet.