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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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Cairo gets most of its freshwater from the Nile River.
How many city's does the Nile pass?
The best known cities are - Cairo and Khartoum.
There are also many other major cities along the Nile. They are Port Said, Alexandria, Karnak, Thebes/ Luxor, Aswan, and Gondokoro.
In terms of towns and small cities, over 90% of the Egyptian Population of 80 million people lives on or within 100km of the riverbanks. Therefore the list of towns and small cities would be enormous.
The link below gives an interactive map.
What crops are grown in the nile valley?
The 'Nilometer' which was really a rock marked vertically at equal spaces, could tell the farmers by just one look whether they could afford paying off much of their crops as tax to the King. It worked because the Nile flooded numerous times and always left plants at the height to which it rose whilst flooding. But this created problems too. Try to think about what those problems could be. Better still, get it on to the net so everyone can see.
Where in the US is the Nile River located?
The Nile river runs through Egypt, Ehiopia, Zaire, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rewanda, Burundi, and Sudan.
Do people go fishing on the Nile river?
No, because since the water is so polluted the fish can't survive, so therefore people can't fish on the River Ganges
yes and no. You cant predict exactly when but you can observe it
Nile River is famous because it is the longest river in the world. it is also said that it is where the second civilization of men sprouted where the first is in Mesopotamia now known as Iraq.
Why is the channel of the Nile smaller than of the rivers Mississippi-Missouri and the Amazon?
Without the topographic channel that permits the Nile to flow across the Sahara, Egypt would be entirely desert. The Nile traverses about 1,600 kilometres through Egypt and flows northward from the Egyptian-Sudanese border to the Mediterranean Sea. During this it loses a large amount of water due to evaporation, thereby reducing the water volume.
Why does nile valley have such high population density?
The reason the Nile Valley has such high population density is because along the river valley, due to the Nile River, the ground is very fertile and is good for farming.
Which country does the Nile not flow through?
Many, I know for sure it does not run through Canada.
But I get the feeling this was a multiple choice without the choices.
What effect has the Aswan High Dam had on the waters of the Nile?
The aim was to prevent the river's flooding, generate electricity and provide water for agriculture.
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That is true but it also had the negative effect of stopping the annual deposit of nutrient-laden silt by flooding that had benefitted Egypt's farmers since Pharonic times.
Name the bible story that happened in the Nile River?
Moses was floated away from harm and lived and was given his name.
What side of the Nile were the pharaohs buried east or west?
what side of the nile are the pyramids located on?
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What is the biggest river in the whole world?
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What were some disadvantages the Egyptians had to face living near the Nile?
Some of the dangers of living close to Nile river are snakes (deadly venomous Egyptian cobra and Black Mamba), crocodiles (well familiar Nile crocodiles that can grow up to 20 feet which kills 200 persons on average every year), mosquitos (the most dangerous carrier of parasites causing Malaria) and sandflies (the carrier of parasites causing Leishmaniasis disease that affects Liver and Spleen).
The name of river Indian nile?
The Indus which is now in Pakistan which was formerly in India.
If we want the name to apply to a current Indian river, River Ganges or River Brahmaputra may be the options.
What is the nickname for the Nile River that mean well fed or fat?
The only generally known nickname is when the Greek historian, Herodotus, wrote that Egypt was the "gift of the Nile".
Who found the source of the river Nile?
It is not known when man first set eyes on the source of the Nile but the link below will give you some information regarding European explorers.
Country that could control the flow of the Nile River into Egypt is?
The Nile Waters Agreement, which still holds today, guarantees Egypt 55.5 billion cubic meters of the Nile's 84 billion total flow. Sudan gets the rest.
What were problems to building the Aswan dam?
The dam is blocking nutrient silt from getting to the soil so the crops can grow.
