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The air pollution in Cairo is a matter of serious concern. The air pollution in downtown Cairo is more than 10 to 100 times of acceptable world standards. [8] Cairo has a poor factor because of lack of rain and its layout of tall buildings and narrow streets, which create a bowl effect (bad ventilation and consequent trapping of pollutants).
Egypt is the eighth most water stressed country in the world. Egypt receives between 20 mm (0.79 in) and 200 mm (7.87 in) of annual average precipitation along the narrow Mediterranean coast , but south from Cairo, the average drops to nearly 0 millimetres (0.00 inches) in the central and the southern part of the country.
In Egypt, 39% of installed gas and 7% of oil power plant capacity are in low-elevation areas that are vulnerable to this threat. [11] Alexandria , the second largest city in Egypt with a population of 5 million people, and the Nile Delta region are among the most vulnerable areas to climate change in the world.
In Ancient Egyptian, Lower Egypt was known as mḥw which means "north". [2] Later on, during Antiquity and the Middle Ages, Greeks and Romans called it Κάτω Αἴγυπτος or Aegyptus Inferior both meaning "Lower Egypt", but Copts carried on using the old name related to the north – Tsakhet (Coptic: ⲧⲥⲁϧⲏⲧ) or Psanemhit (Coptic: ⲡⲥⲁⲛⲉⲙϩⲓⲧ) meaning the ...
Egypt is concerned that Ethiopia is using water from the Nile to fill its giant Renaissance dam.
A Cosmo editor booked a trip to Egypt and can't stop talking about it. Here, she reviews EF Ultimate Break's "Egypt: Sail the Nile" group travel itinerary.
People have lived in the Nile Delta region for thousands of years, and it has been intensively farmed for at least the last five thousand years. The delta was a major constituent of Lower Egypt, and there are many archaeological sites in and around the delta. [6] Artifacts belonging to ancient sites have been found on the delta's coast.
Shoukry said Egypt has tried to ship humanitarian aid to Gaza but has not received the proper authorization to do so. Egypt said Sunday it would intensify its efforts to try and help relief ...