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Excerpt from Preliminary Geological Report on the Abu Shaar El Qibli (Black Hill) District
Westwards the Abu Shaar cl Qibli plateau dies down into the plain at an elevation of some 140 metres above the sea level, and this junction was taken as the western limit of the area to be mapped._2_ The plateau runs from Gebel Esh in a south-eastern direction, and after passing Bir Abu Shaar there is a swing to the south-west, at a point about three kilometres from the Bir and five kilometres from the sea, from whence it gradually falls westwards until it merges into the plain, the latter steadily rising in a parallel direction. The top of the plateau on the northern portion stands at 200 metres above the plain, and it is deeply cut up with wadis, the sides of which are so steep that it is only with great difficulty that its eastern margin can be traversed. The scarp of the plateau is also very steep, only permitting ascent in a few places, whereas the exits of all the wadis, with one exception, are inaccessible owing to the precipitous sidds, or dry waterfalls. At the south-eastern portion of the area there is an isolated short ridge about metres long (with heights of 50 metres), the axis of which runs west of north and shows a steep scarp on the western side. Between this and the coast lies another ridge about metres long (with heights of 33 metres), but more broken, and its axis is north-eastwards. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
