Get to know Qattara better with 10+ real example sentences.
Qattara in a sentence
Using Qattara
- In the example corpus, qattara often appears in combinations such as: the qattara, qattara depression, qattara box.
Context around Qattara
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Qattara
- In this selection, "qattara" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, name, venture, depression, lay and box stand out and add context to how "qattara" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ain ei qattara lay about and ain ei qattara where the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "qattara" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with qattara
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Qattara Depression contains many oil concessions and several operating fields. (11 words)
He discovered that the spring Ain EI Qattara lay about convert below sea level. (14 words)
Gazelles (Gazella dorcas and Gazella leptoceros) also inhabit the Qattara Depression, being an important food source for the cheetah. (19 words)
Six years later in 1933, Ball was the first to publish a proposal for flooding the region to generate hydro power in his article "The Qattara Depression of the Libyan Desert and the possibility of its utilisation for power-production". (40 words)
The proposals call for a large canal or tunnel being excavated from the Qattara due north of convert depending on the route chosen to the Mediterranean Sea to bring seawater into the area. (33 words)
The Italian XX Corps was to follow the Afrika Korps and deal with the Qattara box while the 133rd Armoured Division Littorio and German reconnaissance units would protect the right flank. (31 words)
Example sentences (12)
Ecology View of the Qattara Depression Sand dunes in the Qattara Depression Groves of Acacia raddiana, growing in shallow sandy depressions, and Phragmites swamps represent the only permanent vegetation.
He also gave the region its name 'Qattara' after the spring Ain EI Qattara where the first readings were taken.
Gazelles (Gazella dorcas and Gazella leptoceros) also inhabit the Qattara Depression, being an important food source for the cheetah.
General Claude Auchinleck withdrew the Eighth Army to within convert of Alexandria to a point where the Qattara Depression came to within convert of El Alamein on the coast.
He discovered that the spring Ain EI Qattara lay about convert below sea level.
In the 1970s and early 1980s, several proposals to flood the area were made by Friedrich Bassler and the Joint Venture Qattara, a group of mainly German companies.
Six years later in 1933, Ball was the first to publish a proposal for flooding the region to generate hydro power in his article "The Qattara Depression of the Libyan Desert and the possibility of its utilisation for power-production".
The Italian XX Corps was to follow the Afrika Korps and deal with the Qattara box while the 133rd Armoured Division Littorio and German reconnaissance units would protect the right flank.
The largest gazelle population exists in the southwestern part of the Qattara Depression within a vast area of wetlands and soft sand.
The proposals call for a large canal or tunnel being excavated from the Qattara due north of convert depending on the route chosen to the Mediterranean Sea to bring seawater into the area.
The Qattara Depression contains many oil concessions and several operating fields.
The Siwah Oasis, close to the Libyan border and west of Qattara, is isolated from the rest of Egypt but has sustained life since ancient times.
Common combinations with qattara
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the qattara 11×
- qattara depression 7×
- qattara box 3×
- ei qattara 2×