Transcript The Nile River - Morganator's Guild

The Nile River
By Andrea Alsenz
What types of animals live in or near
the Nile River?
• Birds, Cats, Scarab beetles, Crocodiles, and
hippos.
• Most animals in Egypt live around the Nile.
• The two most common animals living in the
Nile are fish and crocodiles.
Why is the Nile Important?
• Annual flooding brought much needed water
for irrigation, and it was a fresh water source
that was very necessary. Each flood deposited
nutrient-rich, dark soil when the waters
receded.
• Egypt’s farmers and society depended on the
Nile for fresh water.
The Nile River Cycle
• A few weeks after the river flooded, the river
shrunk again and left behind a layer of dark mud
that was extremely fertile.
• The river floods because melting snow and
heavy rain pour into it from very high mountains
near its source.
• Before the Nile reaches the coast it splits into
several branches that pour into the
Mediterranean Sea.
Facts about the Nile
• The most common reptile in the Nile River is the Nile crocodile.
• The Egyptians called it “The Gift of the Nile”.
• The Nile becomes increasingly important the farther north it flows into
Sudan and Egypt.
• The Nile brings water to the greatest and most desolated desert, the
Sahara.
• The Continued blessings of the Nile allow Egypt to continue today as one
of the largest and most powerful nations of Africa and the Middle East.
• Two things define the Nile for almost 2000 km from Khartoum to Aswan:
the cataracts and the great bend. There are Six classical cataracts, but
there are really many more.
• The great bend is one of the most unexpected features of the Nile. For
most of its course, the Nile flows inexorably north, but in the heart of the
Sahara, it turns southwest and flows away from the sea for 300km before
resuming its northward journey.
• The Nile stopped flooding by dams.
Bibliography
• David Salariya Pg. 8-9, “How Would You Survive as Ancient
Egyptian”.
• Mandy Barrow, Ancient Egypt, 10-20-10, Woodlands Junior
School, November 2008, www. Woodlands-junior. kent.
school. Edu.
• Think quest Junior, oracle think Quest, 10-21-10, all over,
2001, www.thinkquest.edu.
• Dr. Robert Stern, Remote Sensing Lab. 10-21-10, The
University of Texas at Dallas, 2004,
www.UTdallas.edu/geosciences/ .