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  2. Faiyum Oasis - Wikipedia

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    The Faiyum Oasis (Arabic: واحة الفيوم Wāḥat al-Fayyum) is a depression or basin in the desert immediately west of the Nile river, 62 miles south of Cairo, Egypt. The extent of the basin area is estimated at between 1,270 km 2 (490 mi 2 ) and 1,700 km 2 (656 mi 2 ).

  3. Fayyum (fossil deposit) - Wikipedia

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    A year later, Andrews published a comprehensive catalog of the vertebrate finds under the title A descriptive catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of the Fayum, Egypt, which is still one of the standard works on the Fayyum fossils today. [82] He made his last trip to the Fayyum Basin in the spring of the same year. [198] [3] [15] [92]

  4. Jebel Qatrani Formation - Wikipedia

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    Outcrops of the Jebel Qatrani Formation are present in the northern Fayum Depression southwest of Cairo. [1] The Fayum Depression is an oasis west of the Nile in northern Egypt. [2] The formations of the Fayum have been studied for a significant amount of time by numerous paleontologists, with research dating back to as early as the 19th century.

  5. Faiyum - Wikipedia

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    Faiyum (/ f aɪ ˈ j uː m / fy-YOOM; Arabic: الفيوم, romanized: el-Fayyūm, locally [elfæjˈjuːm]) [a] is a city in Middle Egypt. Located 100 kilometres (62 miles) southwest of Cairo, in the Faiyum Oasis, it is the capital of the modern Faiyum Governorate. It is one of Egypt's oldest cities due to its strategic location. [2]

  6. Faiyum Governorate - Wikipedia

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    Faiyum Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الفيوم Muḥāfāzah Al Fayyūm) is one of the governorates of Egypt in the middle of the country. Its capital is the city of Faiyum , located about 81 mi (130 km) south west of Cairo .

  7. Fossils of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Fayoum, Petrified wood protectorate in New-Cairo Area/ Cairo-Suez desert road & entire Western Desert of Egypt is covered in Petrified wood. This is one of the clues that the region was a tropical climate.

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  9. Lake Moeris - Wikipedia

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    Lake Moeris (Ancient Greek: Μοῖρις, genitive Μοίριδος) was an ancient endorheic freshwater lake located in the Faiyum Oasis, 80 km (50 mi) southwest of Cairo, Egypt, which persists today at a fraction of its former size as the hypersaline Lake Qarun (Arabic: بركة قارون).