Figure 3.27: Oblique view from space of the Nile River, Nile River Delta, and Sinai Peninsula. The lower body of water is the Red Sea: an open sea to the south (left side of image) that is developing upon actively rifting continental crust at this location. Coasts on either side of the Red Sea would be considered neo-trailing coasts because of the active rifting down the center of the Red Sea rift depression. At the top of the images is the Nile River delta at the mouth of the Nile river, denoted clearly by the meandering line of vegetation (green colored land) through the otherwise barren adjacent lands (brown colored land).
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