Which desert separates Egypt and Israel?
Desert kite Desert kite Desert kites are constructions aimed at trapping game animals, found in the Middle East. The constructions are generally believed to have been used "to catch herds of wild ungulates." They appear in deserts and are most common in eastern Jordan ; some also appear in the Negev Desert of Israel and Sinai Desert of Egypt. One review of 16 desert kites from the Negev and northeast Sinai, published in the "Journal of Arid Environments" in 2010, found that desert kites in these deserts were established in the late 4th millennium BCE or early 3rd millennium BCE and had
Western Desert (Egypt) Western Desert (Egypt) The Western Desert of Egypt is an area of the Sahara which lies west of the river Nile, up to the Libyan border, and south from the Mediterranean sea to the border with Sudan. It is named in contrast to the Eastern Desert which extends east from the Nile to Red Sea. The Western Desert is mostly rocky desert, though an area of sandy desert, known as the Great Sand Sea, lies to the west against the Libyan border. The desert covers an area of 262,800 sq miles (680,650 km) which is two-thirds of the land area