The leaf-shaped Faiyum Oasis fed by a channel of the River Nile

iss073e0178560 (June 14, 2025) --- The leaf-shaped Faiyum Oasis, fed by a channel of the River Nile and bordered on the west by the saltwater Qarum Lake with the Wadi El Rayan nature reserve to its southwest, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above the Libya-Egypt border.