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The River Nile
This category contains questions and answers related to the River Nile. The Nile is located in Africa and is the longest river in the world.
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A Floodtide can come over night and cover all of the dry land.
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Rivers flood because snow melts and dams burst and heavy rain, all these can cause the water level to rise and this can cause floods.
How did the Nile river provide a steady supply of food?
There are many roles that the Nile river played in supplying Egyptians with food. The river gave fish for example.
What do the Nile River and the Shenandoah River have in common?
There are numerous ways to compare rivers - by their differences, by their similarities and some of the criteria would be - length, discharge, size, sources, mouth, basin, tributaries, area through which they flow etc. The links below will give you ample details to cover this.
What was left behind after the annual flooding of the nile river in ancient Egypt?
A great amount of very fertile soil on its banks, thereby allowing crops to be grown.
How did the Egyptians use the Nile River for transportation?
Basically it was used for transport - of finished goods, processed foodstuffs etc and the raw materials, seeds etc. Of course the water would be used to grow the crops etc. Given the river is over 4,000 miles long, flows through numerous countries and there are millions living close, the transport would be an essential part of these peoples lives.
What is the difference between the White Nile and Blue Nile?
Blue Nile is between 900 & 1,000 miles White Nile is about 1,295 miles.
What is the Tigris river used for?
the use of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers were fishing and tradeing . trade ing was a big prioretey for the sumarens to get other things from diffrent places. they also used the rivers to water their crops.
How did the Nile affect farming in the river valley?
The Nile River flooded during certain seasons. . . If the floods were bad, the water could reach the crops and damage the whole group of crops. Ancient people in Africa (huntergatherers) would dig canals to their farms if water levels of the Nile were particularly low that year. . .
This unfortunantly does not longer happen as the (Asworth?) dam went in. Farmers now have to pay a fortune in fertiliser.
What type of marshes offered no Harbors for Invaders from the sea in the North of the Nile River?
The north marshes
Does the Nile begin from Egypt?
Yes, it flows north into the delta that leads into the Mediteranean Sea. But I think that more of the Nile flow through other sides of Lake Victoria, but I'm not positive. To make things simpler, YEP IT DOES.
How deep is the Nile River on average and where is the deepest part?
The water level is on average about 8-11 meters deep and behind the Aswan High Dam - Lake Nasser - is the deepest with a maximum depth of approximately 180 metres.
the nile has never dried up its only flooded because of a earthquake and it used to flood every year but since they put the aswan dam in it has not flooded every year
What happened to the temple at Abu Simbel when Lake Nasser was formed?
It was correctly forecasted that the construction of the Aswan High Dam would create a lake behind it (which has since been termed Lake Nasser. The Temple of Abu Simbel was in the floodplain of this soon-to-be lake. In order to preserve the temple, it was cut into blocks and transported to a location outside of the floodplain and painstakingly rebuilt.
What food does Egyptians eat mostly?
Egyptian cuisine relies mainly on grains and vegetables. Legumes such as beans and chickpeas are the main protein sources. Near the coast, they have traditionally eaten a good amount of fish.
In terms of Egypt currently, the most popular (by necessity, not choice) food in Egypt is "ful" (فول) which is a crushed fava bean spread (basically humus but for fava beans).
In which African country is the Nile River Delta located?
In Egypt, the East end of the Mediterranean Sea, North from Cairo.
Why did egyptians settle in the nile delta?
Okay, whats the question again? O yea! Hmmm .... it was because it braught great fortune to them. You know, it provided water, and i think it was great land to plant by. Idk. Go ask a teacher. Or a book. Whichever comes first XD!
The leader of upper Egypt is usually the person who rules the lower.
Why did the Egyptians want the Nile river to flood?
In 1970, the Egyptians finished building the High Dam at Aswan. Today, Egyptian farmers have to use fertilizers to keep land fertile, as the natural deposits of silt that used to be caused by the flooding no longer occur.
What is the land around the Nile River delta called?
one answer is black land and the other side is red land so you have 2 answers
Why did people settle the nile river?
Because Nile River provided water, food, transportation and fertile soil for growing food.
What section of Egypt is located on the nile delta?
The Nile Delta is found to the north of Egypt, where the Nile empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
In historical terms this is referred to as Lower Egypt, with Upper Egypt being to the South of the country
What are rivers in Africa used for?
they are used forfishing and creating energy and stuff like that
Recreation, water consumption, transportation, food sources, nuclear reactor cooling systems, Electric power generation, sewage treatment.
Transport, fishing, hydro-electric, drinking water etc
Rivers can be used for lots of things. They provide us with food, drink, energy, recreation and tranportational routes. Rivers are an essential part of some peoples lives.
Transport, fishing, drinking water, hydro-electric etc
rivers are used by form and erosion
rivers are used for many uses.for making electricity.for drinking water.for home activities(washing clothes E.T.C.).for plants
many lifes or contries depend upon rivers for example EYGPT dependes upon river nile and half India dpends upon river GANGA and Pakistan depends upon river INDUS
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rivers are used as resourceful economic features.people use rivers to bathe , wash , cook , swim , catch aquatic life and cure certain illnesses .
I think that rivers are use because it virabarates from the rain to mountain to river.
Transport, fishing, drinking water, hydro-electric etc
Fishing, transport, hydro-electric, irrigation, drinking water etc.
Drinking water, transport, hydro-electric, fishing, waste disposal, irrigation etc.
To create electricity like the Hoover Dam for example.
Of what use are rivers? Of what use are ocean?
A dam can be put in them, which can draw electricity from the flowing water. Boats and other things sail upon them, carrying goods from place to place. Many people play in and fish in rivers. It is a very common habitat for fish, worms, and other organisms of the sort. When boiled, the water from a river can be used as drinking water.
Fishing,hydro-electric, transport, irrigation etc.
this question has no answer. it makes no sense. -_-
you can catch fish in them, boil water from them, and you can see in them
