the nile river: a journey from source to mouth
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Mr. Herneisen 2008-09. The Nile River: a journey from source to mouth. 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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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THE NILE RIVER: A JOURNEY FROM SOURCE TO MOUTH
Mr. Herneisen 2008-09
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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
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WATER CYCLE
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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
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BLUE NILE Source:
Lake Tana, Ethiopia
Source not discovered until 1615 by Spain
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WHITE NILE Source:
Lake Victoria, Uganda
Source discovered in 1850s by England
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KHARTOUM, SUDAN Meeting place of the
two branches (confluence)
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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
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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.
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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