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THE NILE RIVER: A JOURNEY FROM SOURCE TO MOUTH
Mr. Herneisen 2008-09
VOCABULARY TO KNOW
Hydroelectric Potential Electrical power generated from flowing water
Perennial Irrigation System of year-round watering for crops
River Basin The area drained by a river and its tributaries
Water Cycle Movement of water from Earth to the atmosphere and back again
WATER CYCLE
THE NILE RIVER
World’s Longest River!
Two Branches White Nile
4,160 miles long! Blue Nile
870 miles long
Uses: Food Hygiene Transportation Energy
BLUE NILE
Source: Lake Tana, Ethiopia
Source not discovered until 1615 by Spain
WHITE NILE Source:
Lake Victoria, Uganda
Source discovered in 1850s by England
KHARTOUM, SUDAN
Meeting place of the two branches (confluence)
THE GREAT BEND
800 mile “S-curve” Cataracts of the Nile:
6 major rapids or low waterfalls
Major barriers to travel up and down the Nile River
THROUGH THE DESERT Nile River creates a lifeline
for the Sahara Desert – largest desert in the world.
Lake Nasser & Aswan High Dam One of largest reservoirs in the
world (man-made lake)
Uses Nile River to create electricity
Controls flow of river to prevent flooding, help river travel, and provide perennial irrigation.
EGYPT’S NILE RIVER DELTA 95% of all Egyptians live along the Nile
River
Richest farmland in all of Africa
Nile pours into Mediterranean Sea