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===Nile River=== | ===Nile River=== | ||
'''summary''' | |||
* Nile Valley = ancient Egypt | * Nile Valley = ancient Egypt | ||
* Egypt was accurately described by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus as "The Gift of the Nile" | * Egypt was accurately described by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus as "The Gift of the Nile" | ||
* big idea here = "no Nile, no Egypt" | * big idea here = "no Nile, no Egypt" | ||
* Egypt = final 800 miles of the Nile as it runs northward to Mediterranean Sea | * Egypt = final 800 miles of the Nile as it runs northward to Mediterranean Sea | ||
* longest river in the world: 4150 miles long! | |||
* Click EXPAND for [Nile River] characteristics and details: | |||
** flows north | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> | ||
* flows north | |||
** flows into Mediterranean Sea | |||
** Nile Delta formed as flood waters spread out over coastal lowlands at river mouth | |||
* sources = Blue & White Nile: | |||
** White Nile from tropical, Central Africa | |||
** Blue Nile from mountains of Ethiopia | |||
*** most water & silt = from Blue Nile | |||
*** June monsoon rains in Ethiopia = floods that bring silt downstream | |||
*** see Google Earth coordinates for Blue Nile source region >> todo | |||
* Nile Flooding | * Nile Flooding | ||
** length of river = long, slow flooding season in Egypt | ** length of river = long, slow flooding season in Egypt | ||
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** [http://www.touregypt.net/egypt-info/magazine-mag05012001-magf4a.htm The Nile River by Marie Parsons, Touregypt.net] | ** [http://www.touregypt.net/egypt-info/magazine-mag05012001-magf4a.htm The Nile River by Marie Parsons, Touregypt.net] | ||
** [https://news.psu.edu/story/140715/2002/09/01/research/waters-nile The Waters of the Nile, PennState Online] - article about archaeological work at Hierakonpolis with information about the water table at the dig site | ** [https://news.psu.edu/story/140715/2002/09/01/research/waters-nile The Waters of the Nile, PennState Online] - article about archaeological work at Hierakonpolis with information about the water table at the dig site | ||
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===Isolation=== | ===Isolation=== | ||