Much more land has been made arable, the flooding controlled, hydro-electricity produced etc.
Water,food and good soil
it brought silt and water
canals
For the water and the benefits it brings.
One of the two main benefits of the Nile flooding is that the silt enriched the surrounding soil. The other benefit was that the flooding allowed the growing of crops which prevented people from starving.
The Nile inundation.
They built dams.
The Nile helped with transportation and trade. It also helped with Egyptian agriculture. Without the Nile, Egypt would be an arid land.
With dams.
they didn't. they worked with it.
The Aswan Dam
they controled it by getting some logs