Greenland / Netherlands / Gibraltar / Egypt / Soviet Union / Israel / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Natural Disaster / /
Facility
Boston University / National Institute of Oceanography / Aswan High Dam / High Dam / Michigan University / /
IndustryTerm
Online CREDITS / chemical fertilizers / sand dune systems / electricity / satellite-based radar interferometry / canal network / /
NaturalFeature
Dutch coast / North Sea / central African highlands / Nile River / Mediterranean coast / Mediterranean Sea / Nile / /
Organization
Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology in Cairo / Egypt’s Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation / Smithsonian Institution in Washington / Egyptian government / United Nations / United Nations Development Programme / US Federal Reserve / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Boston University / National Institute of Oceanography & Fisheries in Alexandria / Michigan University / /
Person
Mounir Tabet / Essam Khalifa / ElBaz / TERJE TVEDT / Atef Abd El-Rahman / Mohamed Bayoumi / Nasser / Farouk El-Baz / Tarek Hussein / JEAN-DANIEL STANLEY / Richard Becker / John Bohannon / Mohamed Sultan / Wahid Moufaddal / /
Position
farmer / president / geologist / scientist / Delta farmer / engineer / author / coordinator / deputy director / director / earth scientist based / remote-sensing scientist / director in Egypt / /
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