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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