Problems of the Libyan Desert
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1. Front matter2. 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