Al Maghra
The Moghra Oasis is an uninhabited oasis in the northeastern part of the Qattara Depression in the Western Desert of Egypt. It has a 4 km2 lake containing brackish water, salt marshes and a reed swamp.- Lake
- Description: water source in Western Desert (Egypt)
- Also known as“El Maghra, Al Maghra, Lake Maghra”“Moghra Oasis”
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
30.2532° or 30° 15′ 11″ north
Longitude
28.935° or 28° 56′ 6″ east
Open location code
8G2C7W3M+7X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Al Maghra” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة المغرة”
- Arabic: “واحة المغرة”
- Cebuano: “Al Maghrah (lanaw)”
- Chinese: “莫格拉綠洲”
- Chinese: “莫格拉绿洲”
- Egyptian Arabic: “موجرا اواسيس”
- French: “Al Maghra”
- French: “Moghra”
- German: “Al Maghra”
- Hausa: “Oasis na Moghra”
- Hungarian: “Magra tó”
- Italian: “Oasi di Moghra”
- Persian: “واحه مغره”
- Spanish: “Oasis de Moghra”
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