Geography
Geography
Nile River
The Nile River is a river that flows from south to north through eastern Africa, and its about 4,132 miles long. The river begins in the rivers that flow in Lake Victoria, and ends in the Mediterranean sea.
At the time, the Nile River valley didn't look like a good place to farm. The river went through a vast desert with a small amount of life, but that would change over the years. Every years the Nile flooded the land with plenty of water and thick layers of silt. These floods would let the ancient Egyptians able to turn the desert into beautiful and rich farm land. Farmers depended on the right amount of flooding each year to grow successful crops. Too little flooding meant farmers' crops failed and people went hungry.
What Is A Delta?
A river divides into several branches, forming a vast, fan-shaped delta. A delta is a very fertile, flat made of silt left behind as a river drains into a larger body of water.
Lower And Upper Egypt
The Nile Delta is called Lower Egypt, because it is the lower, or downstream, part of the Nile. In Upper Egypt the Nile cuts through stone Cliffs and desert sands.