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Flash floods in the Sahara: a case study for the 28 January 2013 flood in Qena, Egypt

Moawad Badawy MoawadDepartment of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany;Department of Geography, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Cairo Governorate 11566, EgyptCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ahmed Omar Abdel AzizUNIGIS-Salzburg University, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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Buhalqem MamtiminDepartment of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany
Pages 215-236 | Received 02 Sep 2013, Accepted 15 Jan 2014, Published online: 24 Feb 2014

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