The Nile Basin : quaternary geology, geomorphology and prehistoric environments / Martin Williams.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Evolution of the Nile Basin -- Climate and hydrology -- Geology and soils -- Vegetation, land use and human impact -- The Ethiopian Highlands -- The Ugandan Lake Plateau -- The Sudd swamps and the White Nile -- Lake Turkana and overflow into the Sobat -- The Khor Abu Habl fan and Kordofan Desert dunes -- The Gezira alluvial fan and Blue Nile palaeochannels -- The Atbara Valley -- Jebel Marra Volcano -- The desert Nile -- West of the Nile: the Western Desert of Egypt and the Eastern Sahara. Part one -- West of the Nile: the Western Desert of Egypt and the Eastern Sahara. Part two -- The Fayum -- The Red Sea hills -- The Sinai Desert -- The Nile Delta -- The Nile Cone -- Origins of plant and animal domestication in the Nile Basin -- Epilogue: 'out of Africa'.