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Every year the Nile would overflow with runoff from it's head at Victoria Falls. This water would flood the Nile Valley and fertilize the fields and the Nile Delta with fresh soil full of minerals and nutrients. The Egyptians went so far as to build "Nilometers" to guage the rise of the river and predict the years crop yields.

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