Show given additional territory by three nations washington libya italis colonial possession in northern africa has been enlarged by a british egyptian g gift ift of land adjoining tt it in the anglo egypt ian sudan news dispatches from rome also indicate that france will cede to italy her saharan Sahar arf territory of Tib esti bordering on southern libya and touching the new accession from great britain and egypt libya without the additional territory Is more than twice as large as tho the state of texas says the national geographic society while official limits of tile african territory ceded by grgat great britain and egypt have not been announced it lies iles approximately between the and degrees of east longitude and the and degrees of north latitude the area Is triangular shaped desert land boo miles long iong on its northern and on its eastern edge largely uninhabited Tib esti Is a mountainous region south of the tropic of cancer lying just west and south of the triangle it Is now a part of french and Is situated approximately between the and degrees of east longitude and the and degrees of north latitude the effect of these joint ces will be to extend italian libya some miles deeper into central africa deml nasf tile the highest mountain in tile the sahara towers over surrounding peaks in the region proposed to be ceded to italy by france the massif comprises a succession of peaks gaps and dried lip p river beds rather thin than a mountain chain extending into the desert region ceded by great britain and egypt water sources in are frequent but good pasturage areas are rare temperatures are arc mild near the base of mountains and ley icy cold near the sumin summits its seldom if ever below freezing however date and palm trees grow in ili and besides camels there are goats and donkeys except for a few nomadic tribes kous sada and some the region Is for the most mok part uninhabited lack water and pastures presenting a more orthodox desert aspect than the proposed french cession the anglo egyptian territorial gift Is a broad tableland of shifting shit ting |