Meandering and bank erosion of the River Nile and its environmental impact on the area between Sohag and El-Minia, Egypt

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Ahmed, Ayman A ^a   Fawzi, Ahmed ^b  

^a Sohag University   (Egypt)

^b Sohag University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; El Minia; GIS; Landsat MSS; Meandering; Nile Valley; Remote sensing; River Nile; Sohag; TM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925835501     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-009-0048-y     Document Type: Article

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