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Nile
The Nile in Egypt Length 6 695 km Elevation of the source 1 134 m Average discharge 2 830 m³/s Area watershed 3 400 000 km² Origin Africa Mouth the Mediterranean Basin countries Uganda - Sudan - Egypt The Nile (Arabic: النيل an-nīl), in Africa, is one of the two...

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The Nile provided the people that moved to it's valley in the year 5000 BC water to drink, irrigation water, farming opportunity, fish and waterfowl for food, papyrus reeds grew on the banks of the Nile and they were used for boats and for houses.
The equator is an imaginary circle on the surface of the earth, equidistant from the north pole and the south pole, and dividing the earth in half.
The first few settlers of the Nile River built houses of papyrus reeds that were all tied together in columns, with thatched roofs.
Information and important links for Egypts Nile Valley, historical and contemporary - from MyWay Travel (695 words)
The Nile Valley is first of all holding most remains of the vast heritage of Ancient Egypt.
Ramses III in Cairo, between the Nile Valley and the Nile Delta
This is the main reason why the Ancient Egyptian temples in the delta are not as intact as those in the Nile Valley.
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