Editing Qattara Depression (section)

==Land use==
There is one permanent settlement in the Qattara Depression, the [[Qara Oasis]]. The oasis is located in the westernmost part of the depression and is inhabited by about 300 people.<ref>Kjeilen, Tore [http://looklex.com/egypt/qara.htm ''Looklex report on the Qara oasis''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214190931/http://looklex.com/egypt/qara.htm |date=14 February 2020 }}, date unknown</ref> The Depression is also inhabited by the nomadic [[Bedouin]] people and their flocks, with the uninhabited [[Moghra Oasis]] being important in times of [[water scarcity]] during the dry seasons.

The Qattara Depression contains many oil concessions, and several operational [[oil field]]s. The drilling companies include [[Royal Dutch Shell]] and the [[Apache Corporation]].