The Qattara Depression is a depression in northwestern Egypt, specifically in the Matruh Governorate. The depression is part of the Western Desert of Egypt.
The Qattara Depression lies below sea level, and its bottom is covered with salt pans, sand dunes, and salt marshes. The depression extends between the latitudes of 28°35' and 30°25' north and the longitudes of 26°20' and 29°02' east.
View of the Qattara Depression
Sand dunes in the Qattara Depression
Northwestern escarpment edge of the Qattara Depression; left: the El Diffa Plateau
In geology, a depression is a landform sunken or depressed below the surrounding area. Depressions form by various mechanisms.
A watering hole is a natural depression where water collects and animals come to drink.
Karst closed depression with permanent lake Stymfalia, Peloponnese, Greece. Seasonal abundant precipitation drained by 3 sinkholes