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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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What habitats are along the Nile?
Given the Nile is over 4,000 miles long and flows through a great variance of land - from desert to jungle - you would need to be more precise.
What are the dams on the river Nile?
The major dams are Roseires Dam, Sennar Dam, Aswan High Dam, Aswan Low Dam and Owen Falls Dam.
How long is the Nile in miles?
The Nile River is 4,132 miles long. Flooding of the Nile is looked at as being a bad thing but without the flooding the land would dry out and run out of nutrients.
Why does the nile delta well suited for settlements?
It was between two rivers the Tigris and Euphrates.
What did the Nile River give to the land of Egypt?
I think that the nile gave fish,fertile land and water for the people of egypt.
What is the physical characteristics of the Nile River?
It is where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of the world's largest river deltas and covers some 240 km of Mediterranean coastline. It is a rich agricultural region and from north to south the delta is approximately 160 km in length. The links below give a full overview.
Does the Nile run through Australia?
No. The River Nile flows through:
- Sudan
- South Sudan
- Burundi
- Rwanda
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Tanzania
- Kenya
- Ethiopia
- Uganda
- Egypt.
So no where near Australia.
The Antarctic Ocean is sometimes called?
The ocean surrounding the Antarctic continent is the Southern Ocean.
it help when it was really dry
What are the names of rivers in Balochistan?
Rivers are:
- Rivers like Zhob, Khandar, and the Kalachidrains into Indus river because they flows East wards.
- Loralai, Chakar, Bolan and Mula are absorbed in Kachi Sibi Plain.
- Hab, Porali, Hingol and Mashkeldrains into Arabian Sea.
- There are many other rivers as well which flows westwards and drains into shallow depressions called Hamuns.
The words in Bold letters are the rivers present in Balochistan.
Desert. It made for a formidable natural barrier against any neighboring peoples considering an invasion.
What happens if villages appear along the nile?
Because in ancient times it all depended being close to a river.
Where do White Nile and Blue Nile have their origins?
White Nile is Lake Victoria in Uganda, but the lake itself has feeder rivers of considerable size. Blue Nile is Lake Tana in the Ethiopian Highlands.
Is the Nile the worlds widest river?
The Nile River is the longest river of the wolrd. Its length is 7,088 km. The Amazon River is the second longest river of the world. Its length is 6,575 km.
SOURCE: S. Liu, P. Lu, D. Liu, P. Jin, W. Wang, Pinpointing the sources and measuring the lengths of the principal rivers of the world, International Journal of Digital Earth, Volume 2, Issue 1 March 2009 , pages 80 - 87,DOI: 10.1080/17538940902746082
How did travelers travel north on the Nile?
Slaves walked alongside the river and used donkeys and ropes to pull the boats. YOU'RE SO VERY WELCOME XOXOOX
Can you swim down the Nile river?
Yeah if you want to risk your life about 10,000 times. The river is loaded with crocodiles man. You're far better of taking a felucca ride. It's like an Egyptian sailboat. Good luck with your adventures, but hold fast to reason!
Which one is the longest river in the world-?
The Nile River in Egypt is the longest river in the world.
How is the Nile River Delta similar to the Nile River Valley?
They are both fertile, almost oasis like places. the Nile River Delta is a fertile and luscious place. The Nile River Valley is about the same, except a delta isn't the same thing as a valley.
Why were dams built on the Nile River?
Because the nile river flooded mostly than any river in Egypt and so after 7 or more weeks there will be silt left over and the water would dry up but the silt would get stuck in the dam. (Caused less damage as well).
What are three key factors that made river valleys good for farming?
Constant availability of water,fertile land,almost always plane and accessible.
What are 2 benefits of the nile river's flooding?
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.
Where did the Nile River get its name?
The Nile gets its name from the Greek word "Nelios", meaning River Valley.
