Kharga: sustainability for the oases of the Western Desert?

90,0004431959-196719971999-2015Population of Kharga in 2017Private wells in KhargaNew Valley ProjectToshka ProjectRestoration of the temple of HibisSource: CAPMAS, 2017; Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation/Sagaci Research Egypt has six large inhabited oases west of the Nile: Siwa, Fayoum, Bahariya, Farafra, Dakhla and Kharga. Their appearance is a result of climatic changes some 5,000 years ago. At that time the Sahara experienced the beginning of a marked process of aridification and ...