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Deserts, the Red Land, bracket the narrow strip of alluvial Black Land that borders the Nile. Networks of desert roads ascended to the high desert from the Nile Valley, providing access to the mineral wealth and Red Sea ports of the Eastern Desert, the oasis depressions and trade networks of the Western Desert. A historical perspective from the Predynastic through the Roman Periods highlights how developments in the Nile Valley altered the Egyptian administration and exploitation of the deserts. For the ancient Egyptians, the deserts were a living landscape, and at numerous points along the desert roads, the ancient Egyptians employed rock art and rock inscriptions to create and mark places. Such sites provide considerable evidence for the origin of writing in northeast Africa, the religious significance of the desert and expressions of personal piety, and the development of the early alphabet.

Excavations (Archaeology) --- Deserts --- Egypt --- Antiquities. --- Excavacions arqueològiques --- Egipte --- Arqueologia --- Espais naturals --- Regions àrides --- Relleu (Geografia) --- Excavacions (Arqueologia) --- Ruïnes --- Ciutats desaparegudes, en ruïnes, etc. --- Excavacions

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This edited volume contains the best papers accepted for presentation during the 1st Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-1), Tunisia 2018. The volume shares the latest results from paleontological, biostratigraphic and sedimentological studies by experienced researchers mainly from research institutes in the Mediterranean and Middle East. Main topics include: paleontology, biostratigraphy, sedimentology, paleoclimatology and geomorphology. Some new insights are given on paleobiodiversity and major biological tools for biostratigraphy, patterns, mechanisms and processes of meso-cenozoic sedimentation in the Mediterranean and Middle East. In particular, case studies are included to highlight the major controlling factors of Tethyan biosphere-geosphere interactions as inferred from the Mediterranean and Middle East regions. The book is of interest to all researchers in the fields of different disciplines involved in the sedimentary geology.

Geology. --- Paleontology . --- Paleoecology. --- Paleontology. --- Earth System Sciences. --- Geomorphology. --- Paleontology --- Physical geography. --- Palaeoecology --- Ecology --- Paleobiology --- Fossilogy --- Fossilology --- Palaeontology --- Paleontology, Zoological --- Paleozoology --- Historical geology --- Zoology --- Fossils --- Prehistoric animals in motion pictures --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Geomorphic geology --- Physiography --- Physical geography --- Landforms --- Geography --- Paleontologia --- Geomorfologia --- Paleontologia zoològica --- Paleozoologia --- Geologia històrica --- Zoologia --- Bioestratigrafia --- Fòssils --- Icnologia --- Làmines primes (Geologia) --- Micropaleontologia --- Paleoantropologia --- Paleobiogeografia --- Paleobiologia --- Paleobotànica --- Paleoentomologia --- Paleopatologia --- Tafonomia --- Animals extints --- Animals fòssils --- Plistocè --- Fisiografia --- Morfologia (Ciències de la Terra) --- Geografia física --- Geologia --- Costes --- Erosió --- Espeleologia --- Formació de cràters --- Geomorfologia climàtica --- Geomorfologia fluvial --- Geomorfologia glacial --- Geomorfologia litoral --- Geomorfologia periglacial --- Processos eòlics --- Topografia submarina --- Relleu (Geografia)

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Geomorphology. --- Landscape ecology. --- Biodiversity. --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Ecology --- Geomorphic geology --- Physiography --- Physical geography --- Landforms --- Ecologia del paisatge --- Geomorfologia --- Biogeografia --- Corologia --- Corotips --- Distribució geogràfica d'animals i plantes --- Distribució geogràfica de les espècies --- Distribució geogràfica dels animals i les plantes --- Biologia --- Geografia --- Geografia humana --- Filogeografia --- Fitogeografia --- Paleobiogeografia --- Zoogeografia --- Introducció d'animals --- Fisiografia --- Morfologia (Ciències de la Terra) --- Geografia física --- Geologia --- Costes --- Erosió --- Espeleologia --- Formació de cràters --- Geomorfologia climàtica --- Geomorfologia fluvial --- Geomorfologia glacial --- Geomorfologia litoral --- Geomorfologia periglacial --- Processos eòlics --- Topografia submarina --- Relleu (Geografia) --- Ecologia --- Ecologia espacial --- Paisatge --- Sierra Nevada (Andalusia) --- Andalusia --- Serralada Penibètica

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This book describes the myriad components of the Hindu Kush-Himalaya (HKH) region. The contributors elaborate on challenges, failures, and successes in efforts to conserve the HKH, its indigenous plants and animals, and the watershed that runs from the very roof of the planet via world-rivers to marine estuaries, supporting a human population of some two billion people. Readers will learn how the landforms, animal species and humans of this globally fascinating region are connected, and understand why runoff from snow and ice in the world’s tallest mountains is vital to inhabitants far downstream. The book comprises forty-five chapters organized in five parts. The first section, Landscapes, introduces the mountainous watersheds of the HKH, its weather systems, forests, and the 18 major rivers whose headwaters are here. The second part explores concepts, cultures, and religions, including ethnobiology and indigenous regimes, two thousand years of religious tradition, and the history of scientific and research expeditions. Part Three discusses policy, wildlife conservation management, habitat and biodiversity data, as well as the interaction of animals and humans. The fourth part examines the consequences of development and globalization, from hydrodams, to roads and railroads, to poaching and illegal wildlife trade. This section includes studies of animal species including river dolphins, woodpeckers and hornbills, langurs, snow leopards and more. The concluding section offers perspectives and templates for conservation, sustainability and stability in the HKH, including citizen-science projects and a future challenged by climate change, growing human population, and global conservation decay. A large assemblage of field and landscape photos, combined with eye-witness accounts, presents a 50-year local and wider perspective on the HKH. Also included are advanced digital topics: data sharing, open access, metadata, web portal databases, geographic information systems (GIS) software and machine learning, and data mining concepts all relevant to a modern scientific understanding and sustainable management of the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region. This work is written for scholars, landscape ecologists, naturalists and researchers alike, and it can be especially well-suited for those readers who want to learn in a more holistic fashion about the latest conservation issues.

Landscape ecology. --- Landscape ecology --- History. --- Ecology --- Environmental management. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology . --- Political science. --- Spirituality. --- Landscape Ecology. --- Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Governance and Government. --- Spiritual-mindedness --- Philosophy --- Religion --- Spiritual life --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Nature conservation --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Management --- Conques hidrogràfiques --- Ecologia del paisatge --- Protecció ambiental --- Hindu Kush (Afganistan : Serralada) --- Conservació ambiental --- Conservació del medi ambient --- Protecció del medi ambient --- Protecció mediambiental --- Ciències ambientals --- Agricultura de conservació --- Avaluació d'impacte ambiental --- Conservació de la natura --- Conservació dels recursos naturals --- Control de la contaminació --- Principi de precaució --- Protecció del paisatge --- Protecció dels sòls --- Normes ISO 14000 --- Política ambiental --- Qualitat ambiental --- Ecologia --- Ecologia espacial --- Paisatge --- Conques de cursos d'aigua --- Conques de drenatge --- Conques de rius --- Conques fluvials --- Relleu (Geografia)

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This book describes the entire coast and beaches and barrier systems of Australia. It covers the coastal processes and systems that form and impact Australia's 30.000 km coast, 12.000 beaches and 2750 barrier systems. These processes include geology, geomorphology, climate, waves, tides, currents, sediment supply, as well as coastal ecosystems. The coast is divided into tropical northern and southern temperate provinces, within which are seven divisions, 23 regions and 354 coastal sediment compartments each of which is described in detail in the 34 chapters. Within these systems are the full range of wave through tide-dominated beaches and barriers ranging from cheniers to massive transgressive dune systems together with a range of onshore and longshore sand transport systems. This is an up to date reference for the entire coast, its present condition and likely responses to the impacts of climate change.

Coasts --- Marine Sciences. --- Oceanography. --- Endangered ecosystems. --- Nature Conservation. --- Coastal Sciences. --- Geomorphology. --- Marine & Freshwater Sciences. --- Ecosystems. --- Conservation of nature --- Nature --- Nature protection --- Protection of nature --- Conservation of natural resources --- Applied ecology --- Conservation biology --- Endangered ecosystems --- Natural areas --- Threatened ecosystems --- Biotic communities --- Nature conservation --- Oceanography, Physical --- Oceanology --- Physical oceanography --- Thalassography --- Earth sciences --- Marine sciences --- Ocean --- Ocean sciences --- Aquatic sciences --- Conservation --- Coasts. --- Marine sciences. --- Freshwater. --- Nature conservation. --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Ecology --- Population biology --- Fresh waters --- Freshwater --- Freshwaters --- Inland water --- Inland waters --- Water --- Geomorphic geology --- Physiography --- Physical geography --- Landforms --- Coastal landforms --- Coastal zones --- Coastlines --- Seashore --- Costes --- Platges --- Sediments litorals --- Geomorfologia --- Austràlia --- Sedimentació litoral --- Sediments costaners --- Sediments de les costes --- Sediments marins --- Relleu (Geografia) --- Dunes --- Litoral --- Espais naturals --- Oceanografia --- Badies --- Estuaris --- Geomorfologia litoral --- Navegació de cabotatge --- Ribes (Ciències de la terra) --- Fisiografia --- Morfologia (Ciències de la Terra) --- Geografia física --- Geologia --- Erosió --- Espeleologia --- Formació de cràters --- Geomorfologia climàtica --- Geomorfologia fluvial --- Geomorfologia glacial --- Geomorfologia periglacial --- Processos eòlics --- Topografia submarina --- Commonwealth of Australia --- Australàsia --- Oceania --- Austràlia Meridional --- Austràlia Occidental --- Nova Gal·les del Sud --- Queensland --- Tasmània --- Victòria