Learn about this topic in these articles: geography of. Egypt. The Nile divides the desert plateau through which it flows into two unequal sectionsâthe Western Desert, between the river and the Libyan frontier, and the Eastern Desert, extending to the Suez Canal, the Gulf of Suez, and the Red Sea.
The most common cause of a high carbon dioxide level in the blood is high bicarbonate levels due to the use of medications. Taking diuretics, the prolonged steroid use or the abuse of laxatives all cause high levels of bicarbonate in the bloodstream.
This can lead to hypoxia (low blood oxygen level), hypercarbia (high blood car-bon dioxide level), and respiratory acidosis (acidi-fication of the blood caused by carbon dioxide retention) that may, in turn, cause cardiac arrhyth-mias and death.