Geography of the Nile River From The Ancient World World Explorer Presented by Andy Hatfield Geography of the Nile River

Where is the Nile The Nile River runs from south to north in the northeast part of Africa, Egypt Look at the elevation map and see how the flow is affected. Notice the Upper and Lower Egypt and Upper and Lower Nubia and their locations There are several places that are below sea level, that is cool What separates Nubia and Egypt

Nile River Facts Moses was in denial. The Nile is the Longest River Described as “Egypt is the Gift of the Nile” by Greek historian Flows from Central Africa to Mediterranean The Nile has two main sources, the White Nile and the Blue Nile

Facts about the Nile (cont) The Nile flows through swamps The Nile floods every spring bringing fertile soil for farming The Nile river ends in a spectacular delta

The Nile Through Nubia From Khartoum in the South to Aswan in the North There are six rocky rapids called Cataracts Has an ‘S’ shape

The Nile Through Egypt Begins at the First Cataract and flows 700 miles to the Mediterranean Sea There is a fertile strip along in upper Egypt that is about 6 mile wide on average The Nile spreads out to a fertile, marshy area called Lower Egypt It ends in a Delta

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