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Abstract
1. INTRODUCTION
The northwest coast of Egypt extends westward about
600 km from longitude 290 50’ in the east at Alexandria to_ longitude 250 1 0’ at
El·Sallum in the west. 4\s a result of the growing population in Egypt, the north-west
coast region has attracted the attention of many governments for
planning several agricultural and settlement projects. -
Research on soils, water resources, geology and other
subjects has been initiated at many sites along the coast.
A succession of ridges of dunes and depressions from the Mediterranean sea to the Libyan
plateau characterize the topography of the north west coast area of Egypt. So, the problem
of wind erosion and dune encroachment in this area are considered to be a real threat which
not only affect the agricultural potentialities of arable land, but also cause severe
losses to human habitation, communication, transportation and manpower productivity.
It is the result of climatic, soil and human factors such as aridity, high wind velocity and
physical characteristics of the sand. Effective control of the climatic factors is beyond
man’s ability, yet he could manage to modify and adjust the physical
characteristics of the soil and attempt to halt or reduce as