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Abstract A shon time ago the geology of the soil and rock was the sCJence of geologists only. The foundation problems and consLruction of new cities is t..~e field of interes: for t._’”le geotechr1ical engineers. So ~e compatibili~-.; between geologists and geotechnical engineers must be done and engineers must deal with such problems taking into consideration the an of engineering geology_ The government is planning to develop the area of South Valley (Toshka) \\ith respect to th~ industry and agriculture_ The SouL’: Valley area is generally subjected to signiiicant interesi by many investors seeking to construct big projects such as pump stations, open channels, powerhouses, and ... eic. It is therefore imponant w study the geology of Ihis area to understand the origin and nature of the existed deposits and introduce some useful conclusions that can be helpful for fJture developmem of the region_ In the present work. 10 boreholes were carried out \\ith continuous core sampling. Five boreholes were 100m in the depth and the other tlve were 50 min depth. Packer tests were carried out in two boreholes_ |