Everything about the Nile River By Emily Sands
Have you ever had questions about the Nile River? Questions about geography, life source, and life on the Nile River! Are these some of your questions? How deep is it? How long is the Nile River? How did the Nile River flood? Questions like that? If you listen to what I have to tell you, you will learn all about the Nile River!
The Nile River is the longest river in the WORLD! The length of the Nile River is a little longer than 4,000 miles long! Have you ever wondered how the Nile flooded if it almost never rains there? Well melted snow from the Ethiopian mountains sent water down into the Nile. That combined with the summer rains. The Nile flooded around June-September. The Nile River flooded when the Egyptians were living there, but it doesn’t flood now. It doesn’t flood now, because they built a dam so that it wouldn’t flood, but let water trickle down. If you don’t know where the Nile empties into, the Nile empties into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile River is really deep! It is about 25-33 feet deep. The Nile changed its location and size The Nile River
over millions of years, so when the Egyptians were living there it was probably in a different location then where it is right now. You probably think the Nile is mostly in Egypt, but only 22% of the Nile is in Egypt. The Nile valley is about 660 miles long. Most rivers flow north to south, but the Nile River flows south to north. The Nile River is very important to the Earth, and it was to the Egyptians.
The Nile River is the life source to the Egyptians and other living things. Without the Nile there would be no Egyptians. The Nile was the Egyptians only source of water. The Nile River flooded every year, but if the Nile rose too high, it caused damage, and if the Nile didn’t flood enough, people suffered and there would be very bad harvest. If the Nile flooded a right amount, then the land near the Nile would become good soil for planting stuff. Black Land, which is the land near the Nile, is where they would plant their crops, and the Nile is how they would grow their crops. Without the Nile, it would be hard for the Egyptians to go to other places, because the Nile was their main source of transportation. The Nile is very important to the Egyptians.
Nile River has a lot of living things in it. The Nile River has mostly reptiles in it. The most common reptile is the Nile crocodile. The Nile crocodile is not the only animal in the Nile. The more common ones are hippopotamuses, fish, and of course crocodiles. A type of fish is the catfish. Reeds grew along the Papyrus reeds bank of the Nile. A papyrus reed is how the Egyptians made papyrus. There are lots of other animals and plants that are in the Nile. Without the Nile, the animals and plants wouldn’t be there. The Nile is important to the plants and animals not just the Egyptians.
Fun Fact! To make papyrus you first cut the papyrus reed. Then you flatten it. The third thing you do is weave it, and the last thing you do is smash it.
The Nile River is very important to a lot of things, like plants, people, and the Earth. It was also the life source to the Egyptians and plants. I hope you learned a lot about the geography, how the Nile is a life source, and the life on the Nile River from my paper.
Glossary Egyptians: They’re the people that lived in Egypt thousands of years ago. Length: How long something is. Nile Valley/Black Land: The land near the Nile which is good soil for planting.
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Papyrus: The paper that the Egyptians used.
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Reed: A plant that grows along the bank of the Nile which is used to make papyrus.
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