Geography and climate of Egypt can be confusing, while It’s cold and wet in Alexandria, it can be extremely hot in Aswan but in general Egypt weather dry cold in the winter and hot at the summer days with a little of dusty wind on the fall, you’ll find the country has land borders Libya to the west ,Sudan to the south, Palestine to the north east ,northern border by the white sea coast and the red sea coast by the eastern borders. The lands of the Arab Republic of Egypt are between latitudes 22 ° and 36 ° 31 ° North, which means that the orbit of the cancer passes through the southern part of the country passing in the southern part of Aswan city, and between latitudes 24 ° and 37 ° east of Greenwich.

Egypt geography

Egypt is located in the southern east of Africa continent as the peninsula of Sinai geographically located in Asia continent, The area of the Arab Republic of Egypt is about 1,002,000 square kilometers and the inhabited area is 78,990 km2 of the total area, Egypt is divided to 27 governorates, most of the population concentrated in the Nile valley where the City of Cairo contains more than quarter of the population followed by Alexandria city.

Water resources

Egypt has many different Water resources including the Red Sea and Mediterranean coasts, 10 natural lakes and Nasser Industrial Park, as well as the main freshwater resource of the Nile River which extended along Egypt and ends in Rasheed and Damietta, The available water resources are around 68 billion cubic meters which used in agriculture , industry and in drinking.