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Ancient Egypt: Geography,

Military, and the Nile

Kevin Leibold and Dave



The Nile

The river got its name from the Greek

word Neilos, which means valley.

The Nile is composed of 3 separate riverswhich combine and form the Nile, the

White Nile, the Blue Nile, and the Atbarah.

6695 Kilometers long



The White Nile

The White Nile that begins at Lake Victoria

in Uganda it supplies around 28% of the

Niles water. The White Nile is the clearest water and

that is why it¶s called the White Nile

The White Nile contributes 80% of the

Niles water during the low season and a

mere 10% during the high season.



The Blue Nile

The Blue Nile begins at Lake Tana in Ethiopiaand supplies an average of 58% of the Nileswaters in Egypt.

It flows faster than the White Nile and they joinat Khartoum.

The Blue Nile carries mud and sediment and isnot clear like the White Nile.

The Blue Nile contributes 17% of the Nileswater during low season and 68% during highseason



Atbarah River

The shorter Atbarah river begins in Ethiopiasimilar to the Blue Nile and joins the Main Nilenorth of Khartoum where the other Nile¶s meetup.

The Atbarah River meets up with the Main Nilebetween the 5th and 6th cataracts which is thearea of steep rapids

The River provides an estimated 14% or the

Niles waters in Egypt. Atbarah River provides ahigher percent of water during the torrentialrains, 22% compared to 14% during the rest of the year.



The Nile Delta

The Nile Delta extends over approximately

22,000 square kilometers.

Measurements of the annual flood has seen a

lot of over flow varying from as low as 1.2 billion

cubic meters and as high as 4.25 billion cubic

meters have been recorded.

For centuries Egyptians attempted to predict andtake advantage of the flows and moderate the

severity of floods.



The Nile



Geography

Egypt covers an area of 1 million 1

thousand 4 hundred 49 kilometers of land,

and is the estimated size of Texas and

New Mexico. The country is located at the

top of Africa the North East side includes

the Sinai Peninsula.



Western Desert

The Western Desert covers about 700,000

square kilometers accounts for about 60%of

Egypt's land area

The desert contains many oases, Bahriyah,

Farafirah, Dakhilah, and Kharijah.

The sweetwater artesian wells in the Fayyum

Oasis have permitted extensive cultivation in anirrigated area that extends over 1,800 square

kilometers.



Eastern Desert

220,000 square kilometers

The upward-sloping plateau of sand givesway within 100 kilometers to arid,defoliated, rocky hills. The hills reachelevations of more than 1,900 meters.

Most important of this area are the Red

Sea Hills, which extend from the NileValley eastward to the Gulf of Suez andthe Red Sea



Sinai Peninsula

This triangular area covers about 61,100

square kilometers.

Similar to the desert, the peninsulacontains mountains in its southern sector

The country's highest point--2,642 meters



Map of Egypt

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