At least potentially karstifiable rocks cover much of the surface of Egypt and northern Libya. Study of caves and other karstic features of this region has been hampered by lack of roads, rapid disintegration of the surface of friable, poorly consolidated limestone, wind-blown sand and other factors. Interbedding with marly aquicludes hampers speleogenesis locally. Calcareous and evaporite kars...

Arbutus pavarii Pamp. (Fam. Ericaceae), an endemic Libyan medicinal plant, is commonly known as “Shmeri”, “Shmar” or “Libyan Strawberry”, and almost exclusively found in the Al-Jabel Al-Akhdar mountainous region Libya. This plant a forage species for honeybees thus, important honey production. A. has long been used traditional medicine to treat both gastritis kidney diseases. Previous limited p...

Wadi Darnah is about 586 km2 and lies in the northern portion of Al Jabil AL Akhdar. The drains into Mediterranean Sea. present study incorporates a morphometric analysis by using remote sensing GIS techniques. Digital Elevation Model (DEM) topographic sheets were processed ArcGIS software. revealed that drainage patterns stream network from basin are mainly dendritic type which indicates homog...