
National park in Egypt
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White Desert National Park (Arabic: محمية الصحراء البيضاء الطبيعية, Maḥmīyat aṣ-Ṣaḥrāʾ al-baiḍāʾ aṭ-ṭabīʿīya) is in the Western Desert region of Egypt. It is a large nature reserve in Egypt about 30 kilometres north the depression el-Farāfra. The sanctuary is one of the most extraordinary areas in the western desert and ranges roughly from Crystal Mountain in the north to Table Mountain et-Tabalī in the south (about 50 kilometres) and from the Hidden Valley (Hidden Valley ) in the west over 100 kilometres to the east into the here nameless desert. Two further buffer areas with an area of 971 square kilometres have been identified to the west and south.
The easiest way to reach the source is via the trunk road from el-Farāfra to el-Baḥrīya.
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