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| Descibe the Nile Rver | longest river in the world, flows from south to north, empties into the Mediterranean Sea |
| How long is the Nile River? | 4,000 miles long |
| The Nile River flows from | south to north |
| The Nile River empties into the | Mediterranean Sea |
| The Nile River branches into a delta that looks like | a lotus flower |
| The Nile River delta is located in | upper Egypt |
| Upper Egypt is located in the | north, where the Nile delta is |
| The Nile River floods at | the same time every year |
| Lower Egypt flood is the | fall |
| Upper Egypt floods in the | mid-summer |
| Fooding deposits | silt on the land |
| cataracts are | strong rapids |
| The Nile River was thought of as a | "Gift" to the Egyptians |
| The Nile Delta contains | 2/3 of farmland of Egypt |
| The Nile Delta is located in | Lower Egypt |
| 13 miles of farmland | lie on both sides of the Nile in Upper Egypt |
| The Nile flows through | Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt |
| The Nile was considered a "gift" because it was used for | trading, travel, source of food and water, protection |
| deserts were located on the | east & west sides of the Nile |
| Deserts made Egypt hard to attack because | very hard to cross, lack of water, sand very deep, too hot |
| The -------blocked ships from sailing north on the Nile | the cataracts |
| Barriers to trade included | the desert, the cataracts, the sea |
