What hydrological feature distinguishes the Qattara Depression from other major closed desert basins in Egypt?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. It drops to 133 meters below sea level and contains extensive salt marshes and sabkhas
- Step 1: The Qattara Depression lies in the northwestern Matruh Governorate in the Western Desert.
- Step 2: Its deepest point reaches 133 meters below sea level, representing the second lowest point in Africa after Lake Assal.
- Step 3: It is a hyper-arid closed basin characterized by salt pans, clay marshes, and sand dunes.
Answer
It drops to 133 meters below sea level and contains extensive salt marshes and sabkhas.
Why not the others: Lake Nasser is over 800 km south; it is a depression, not elevated plateau; it does not drain to the Gulf of Suez.
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