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The River Nile flooded every year between June and September, in a season the Egyptians called akhet - the inundation
This was caused by heavy summer rain in the Ethiopian highlands that sent a torrent of water that overflowed the banks of the Nile. When the floods went down it left thick rich mud (black silt) which was excellent soil to plant in.
What else can I help you with?
Can you create a sentence the word the nile river?
The Nile river floods and leaves fertile soil.
What happened in the year when the nile did not flood?
The Nile River floods every year.
Would it be good if the Nile River floods?
It could be good agriculturally, and was since the times of Ancient Egypt, when the floods dumped fertile alluvial soil over the Nile River banks. But it could be bad if the floods were severe, because it would wash away any growing crops. Since the construction of the Aswan High Dam in 1970, Egypt gets no Nile floods, beneficial or otherwise. However, they still occur in Sudan, which is above (south of) the dam.
How did the Nile River floods differ from those of Tigris and Euphrates?
The Nile River floods were predictable and gentle, bringing fertile silt for agriculture, while the floods of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers were unpredictable and often destructive, leading to the development of complex irrigation systems in Mesopotamia to manage the water. The Nile floods were caused by summer rains in Ethiopia, while the floods in Mesopotamia were due to winter snowmelt in the mountains.
What did the floods of the nile river provide for farmers?
They were farming
Why is the flood of the river Nile so important?
The Nile River no longer floods, but when it did it brought extra water and fertile soil.
What did the River Nile make?
it made food and produced floods
How did the Egyptian keep track of the nile river floods?
they made calenders
What mineral does the Nile River leave after it floods?
Silt. The needed this for crops.
How is nile river valley similar to mesopatamia?
Both the Nile Rivers and the rivers of Mesopotamia flooded. The floods of the Nile were very unpredicatable.
What materials comes from the river nile?
Clay for pottery, but more importantly, the floods from the river Nile make the area around the Nile fertile and good for farming many things.
Was the floods of the Nile River Predictable?
Astronomers could predict when the nile river would flood because they studied the stars and they saw that at the time that the stars got to a certain point that the nile river would flood at that time
