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This is a revised version of a chapter by Mohamed El-Ashry in The World’s Coastline (1985: 513–517), including contributions by Yaacov Nir.
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Scheffers, A., Browne, T. (2010). Egypt, Red Sea Coast. In: Bird, E.C.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8639-7_185
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