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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 is one of the major problems facing those who depend on the nile river for their water?
a. the river has no fish in it
b. the river is too shallow to be used for transportation
c. the river always dries up during the summer moths
d. the water is contaminated with human and industrial waste
What Nile river and the Suez canal are two important waterways located here?
Part of the River Nile and the whole Suez Canal are in Egypt. They are not connected together.
How did the vegetation zones affect the African communities living outside the Nile River Valley?
Let me guess this is an essay question on a social studies test because it is for me this week too
What lives by water and is like a weasel and lives by rivers?
An otter - except weasels are white in northern winters, but otters aren't. an otter
What are some features that Kushite and Egyptian cultures had in common?
Buildings,pyramids,gods and clothing
What did that rich mud allow the Egyptians to do?
It allowed them to grow much more food as it created extra fertile soil.
What were the 4 gifts of the Nile River in Ancient Egypt?
A place to get water to drink, a way of traveling, and the most important it was needed to water plants to create fertile land.
Gojjam is a region of western Ethiopia, located in the curve the Blue Nile creates as it leaves Lake Tana before turning west into Sudan. Important cities include Bahir Dar and Debre Worq.
What ancient empire was found along the Nile River?
The fertile floodplain of the of the Nile was an ideal location for agriculture and civilization to develop. The first civilization along the Nile began around 5500 BCE when small tribes began using animal husbandry, developing pottery and agriculture. The cultures in the area would change with new groups moving in, bringing new technological advancements. Eventually in 3100 BCE, Egypt would unite into the Ancient Egypt that would produce the pyramids and many other advancements.
Why did egyptians not want to be on the west bank of the nile after nightfall?
they thought the spirits of the dead lived there
How did trade along the Nile come about?
It came about when they didn't use money so they used a method called bartering.
Nubians carried goods from central Africa and Nubia into Egypt and southwestern. They developed trade routes over land, and they boosted the affiliation between Nubia and Egypt.
The trade along the Nile river came from them using boats and other crafts to trade with other parts of Egypt along the Nile river.
This river is the maker of the oldest civilization recorded by the historical sources: 5,000 years ago and the link below will give a good overview.
Are rivers being damaged by farming or industry around a river?
Yes if the farmer uses chemical fertilisers etc on his crops these seep into the water and factory pollution would pollute the rivers.
