Important Words to Know Suzanne Lord

Happy Friday! Please write today’s agenda in your planner Warm Up Why are Mesopotamia, China, India and Egypt known as the “river civilizations”?

Black Land The area by the Nile River where the soil is rich

Red Land the deserts to the east and west of the Nile river

Tributaries rivers and streams that flow (go) into a larger “parent” river

Papyrus a plant used to make paper

Irrigation water that goes to farmland with ditches, canals or pipes

Floodplain an area of low, flat land along a stream or river that may flood

Cataract fast moving water in a river

Delta A piece of land shaped like a triangle. This is made when a river splits into smaller rivers before it flows into an ocean.

Silt sand, soil (dirt), mud, etc., that is carried by flowing water and that sinks to the bottom of a river, pond, etc.

Barge a large boat that has a flat bottom and that is used to carry goods in harbors (ports) and on rivers and canals

Tug a small, powerful boat that is used for pulling and pushing ships or barges especially into harbors or up rivers

Hymn a religious song

Suffocate unable to breathe

Exultation a feeling of great happiness and excitement