الخصائص الجغرافية والتغيرات المناخية بمنطقة العين السخنة وعلاقتها بالنشاط البشري

الملخص EN

The study area is located northwest of the Gulf of Suez, about 55km., away from Suez city and about 140km., away from Cairo.

It is confined between latitudes 29 35 to 29 46 north and longitudes 32 10 to 32 25 east.

Geographically, the studied area confined between Mount Ataqa to the north and plateau of Galala Al Bahariya to the south.

The studied area is distinguished by a distinct geographical location, as it is surrounded by a set of natural geographical factors that made it an important tourist, investment and industrial resort on the Red Sea coast.

The studied area is called Ain El Sokhna due to the large number of hot sulfur springs in it, which are used in medical tourism.

It is also distinguished by its white sandy beaches that are not rocky, as there are a group of tourist villages and hotels on the shore line.

The studied area is also characterized by a group of cement, ceramics, ammonia and sugar refining factories, in addition to the presence of the Ain El Sokhna port, which serves industrial and tourism activities.

The studied area is characterized by moderately climatic conditions, which made it a resort and a winter resort, in addition to its medical tourism activity.

However, due to the passive human intervention in spoiling nature and building factories next to the tourist facilities, which resulted in a change in the environment of the study area, especially thermal change in an area classified as a tourist resort.

The study relied directly on the study of satellite visuals over different periods of time to clarify the difference in the temperature of the area before and after human intervention in building factories, as well as the comparison in land use before and after human intervention, and the extent of the impact of the winds on pollution of the surrounding environment, to put our hands above the problem and then find Solutions and their formulations and trying to implement them with the best and latest modern means.