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The River Nile
Louis Walker
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Where is it?• Starts – Lake Victoria• Goes through
– Burundi– Uganda– Ethiopia– Sudan– Egypt
• Ends - Mediterranean Sea
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How long is it?• Approx 6,695 kilometers
(4,160 miles) • World’s longest
– says Wikipedia!
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Ancient Egyptians
• The Nile gave them water and food
• Flooded every year– From snow in Eithiopia
• Flood dropped silt• Silt is good for growing
plants in
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Ancient Rome• Romans conquered Eygpt• The Eygptian grew lots of
corn• The Romans wanted the
corn to feed their Empire
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Aswan dam• One of the largest in the
world• Stops the annual flood• Provides water for farming• Lots of hydro-electricity
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Holidays!• Lots of people go on Nile
Cruises• Tourists bring Egypt lots of
money
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People• 82 million
people in Egypt• Mainly because
of the Nile
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