Hydrogeology of Egypt

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Compilers

Dr Kirsty Upton and Brighid Ó Dochartaigh, British Geological Survey, UK

Please cite this page as: Upton & Ó Dochartaigh, 2016.

Bibliographic reference: Upton, K. & Ó Dochartaigh, B.É. 2016. Africa Groundwater Atlas: Hydrogeology of Egypt. British Geological Survey. Accessed [date you accessed the information]. http://earthwise.bgs.ac.uk/index.php/Hydrogeology_of_Egypt

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Geographical Setting

Egypt. Map developed from USGS GTOPOPO30; GADM global administrative areas; and UN Revision of World Urbanization Prospects. For more information on the map development and datasets see the geography resource page

General

Estimated Population in 2013*	82,056,378
Rural Population (% of total) (2013)*	57.0%
Total Surface Area*	995,450 sq km
Agricultural Land (% of total area) (2012)*	3.6%
Capital City	Cairo
Region	Northern Africa
Border Countries	Libya, Sudan, Israel, Gaza Strip
Annual Freshwater Withdrawal (2013)*	68,300 Million cubic metres
Annual Freshwater Withdrawal for Agriculture (2013)*	86.4%
Annual Freshwater Withdrawal for Domestic Use (2013)*	7.8%
Annual Freshwater Withdrawal for Industry (2013)*	5.9%
Rural Population with Access to Improved Water Source (2012)*	98.8%
Urban Population with Access to Improved Water Source (2012)*	100%

* Source: World Bank

Climate

These maps and graphs were developed from the CRU TS 3.21 dataset produced by the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, UK. For more information see the climate resource page.

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  Koppen Geiger Climate Zones

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  Average Annual Precipitation

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  Average Temperature

Surface water

Major surface water features of Egypt. Map developed from World Wildlife Fund HydroSHEDS; Digital Chart of the World drainage; and FAO Inland Water Bodies. For more information on the map development and datasets see the surface water resource page

Soil

Soil Map of Egypt, from the European Commission Joint Research Centre: European Soil Portal. For more information on the map see the soil resource page

Land cover

Land Cover Map of Egypt, from the European Space Agency GlobCover 2.3, 2009. For more information on the map see the land cover resource page

Geology

The geology map shows a simplified version of the geology at a national scale. More information is available in the report UN (1988) (see References section, below).

Geology of Egypt at 1:5 million scale. Developed from USGS map (Persits et al. 2002). For more information on the map development and datasets see the geology resource page

Hydrogeology

The hydrogeology map below shows a simplified version of the type and productivity of the main aquifers at a national scale (see the hydrogeology Map resource page for more details).

More information on the hydrogeology of Egypt is available in the report United Nations (1988) (see References section, below).

Hydrogeology of Egypt at 1:5million scale. For more information on how the map was developed see the hydrogeology map resource page

Transboundary aquifers

For further information about transboundary aquifers, please see the Transboundary aquifers resources page.

References

References with more information on the geology and hydrogeology of Egyptcan be accessed through the Africa Groundwater Literature Archive.

United Nations. 1988. Groundwater in North and West Africa: Egypt. United Nations Department of Technical Cooperation for Development and Economic Commission for Africa.

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