Most of the country is part of the band of desert stretching from the Atlantic coast of Africa to the Middle East.
Cultivable land is limited.
The River Nile is the main resource of the country serving as waterway and source of irrigation. The climate is uniformly arid with hot dry summers and moderate winters. The rainfall in Egypt occurs mostly in the winter. The main agricultural products of Egypt are cotton, rice, corn, wheat and beans. Natural resources of the country include petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, lead and zinc.