A RAILWAY IN THE DESERT.
The Khartoum line leaves Wadi Haifa and goes iu a south-easterly direction through the Nubian Desert to Abu Hamed. which is 230 miles from Wadi Haifa. All of this part ot the.country is flat, sandy desert ; occasionally a few hills are seen, but they seldom exceed 300 ft. in height,, and most of them are only from BOft.) to 100 ft. above the surrounding country. SO me idea of tho extraordinary flatness of the country may, be gathered from the fact that, when constructing the railway, it was possible to lay a piece of line forty-five miles long without a single curve in it, and without any cuttings or embankments worthy of the name. It raroly rains in this part of the desert and when it does, very little seems to fall at a time, and there are no streams or surface water of any sort. Water was found in two places between Wadi Haifa and Abu Hamed by sinking wells ; one place was 77 miles from Wadi Haifa, and the other, was 126 miles from Haifa. Water) was found at the former place at a depth of 72ft.. and at the latter place at a depth of 96ft.
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Northland Age, Volume 4, Issue 3, 3 September 1907, Page 6
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204A RAILWAY IN THE DESERT. Northland Age, Volume 4, Issue 3, 3 September 1907, Page 6
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