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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 does the nile river give to the Egypt?
It gave the farmers in Ancient Egypt great resources for food and living. It also had many of the local animals native to Egypt that came for water. Sometimes the Nile River over-flooded.
How is the Nile river in Nubia different from the Nile river in Egypt?
The river in Nubia is different from the one in Egypt because the Nile River in Nubia is not to smooth as the Nile River in Egypt.
What river flows south to north?
Alabama river. Also, in Northern Vermont, the Barton River flows north.
Basically yes, unless the river stops flowing through its current mouth. However deltas do change with the changes in the flow of the river, they can also contract or expand.
nile horan was born (13th of september 1997) so you should be able to work out how old he is ?
What is the compare and contrast about he Mississippi-Missouri river and the Nile river?
the compare is they both are rivers and they are long and the contrast is they are named different and is in different states
Why was the Nile Delta well suited for settlement?
There was a big deposit of silt near them, which was incredibly important for agriculture to thrive
Whats the site of a huge dam on the Nile River in Egypt completed in 1970 with Soviet aid?
The city of Aswan - see the link below.
What was the journey of the nile?
The Nile has three main tributaries- the white Nile, the blue Nile and the atbara.
From the lakes of east central Africa, the white Nile journeys through the sudd, a huge wetland of southern Sudan. It is estimated that half of he white Nile runoff is lost through evaporation as it works it's way through the large marshes and plains.
As the river is over 4,000 miles long the only answer is that in parts it is polluted. Pollution is caused numerous ways and there are calls for more control over industry, new construction and the use of the river by watercraft, especially to dispose of their waste - including floating houses and the river commercial fleet comprised of more than 3000 boats. Around 200 cruisers, 500 boats for passengers, 1600 boats for carrying commodities and 300 motor boats, in addition to 400 floating hotels. The links below addresses just one aspect of construction and a paper on pollution
Why does Rnile flow from south to north?
Rivers always flow downhill, regardless of compass direction. It is a myth that rivers "normally" flow from north to south.
How and why did the Egyptians settle along the Nile?
The Egyptians settled along the Nile because they needed the water. They did this because water is nearly non exsistent in Egypt. When the Nile flooded they would use the thick soil (black silt) and the liquid to help feed and grow their crops.
Does 50 percent of Egypt's population live west of the nile river valley?
No.
About 50 percent of Egypt's population lives in the Nile River Valley.
Answer: False
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For what country has the Nile River been a 'Fountain of Life' for thousands of years?
The usual answer given and accepted for this is Egypt (Ancient Egypt all the way through Modern Egypt).
