Egypt is the world's thirtieth-largest country with Libyra to the west, Sudan on the south, and Israel and Gaza Strip on the northeast.  The Suez Canal has an important role in connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Indian Ocean via the Red Sea.  Apart from the Nile Valley, Egypt's vast land is sandy desert which includes parts of the Sahara Desert and of the Libyan.  

GEOGRAPHY 

At 386,636 mi (1,001,450 km ), Egypt is the world's thirtieth-largest country (after Mauritania). It is comparable in size to Tanzania, and is more than half the size of the US state of Alaska.

Egypt is bordered by Libya on the west, Sudan on the south, and by Israel and Gaza Strip on the northeast. Egypt's important role in geopolitics stems from its strategic position: a transcontinental nation, it possesses a land bridge (the Isthmus of Suez) between Africa and Asia, which in turn is traversed by a navigable waterway (the Suez Canal) that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Indian Ocean via the Red Sea.

Apart from the Nile Valley, the majority of Egypt's landscape is a big, sandy desert. The winds blowing can create sand dunes over one hundred feet high. Egypt includes parts of the Sahara Desert and of the Libyan Desert. These deserts were referred to as the "red land" in ancient Egypt, and they protected the Kingdom of the Pharaohs from western threats.

Towns and cities include Alexandria, one of the greatest ancient cities, Aswan, Asyut, Cairo, the modern Egyptian capital, El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Giza, the site of the Pyramid of Khufu, Hurghada, Luxor, Kom Ombo, Port Safaga, Port Said, Sharm el Sheikh, Suez, where the Suez Canal is located, Zagazig, and Al-Minya. Oases include Bahariya, el Dakhla, Farafra, el Kharga and Siwa.

Satellite image of Egypt, generated from raster graphics data supplied by The Map LibraryProtectorates include Ras Mohamed National Park, Zaranik Protectorate and Siwa

Source:  Wikipedia