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- What is surrounding the Nile river?
- What is the land around the Nile river used for?
- Is it legal to swim in the Nile river?
- Why were the pyramids built near the Nile river?
- What is Nile tourism?
- What pyramids are in Giza?
- How can I see the Nile?
- Why did Egyptians build pyramids?
- Why Egypt is the gift of the Nile?
- What was papyrus made from?
- Are there sharks in the Nile river?
- Are there still hippos in the Nile?
- Are there parasites in the Nile river?
What is surrounding the Nile river?
The basin is bordered on the north by the Mediterranean; on the east by the Red Sea Hills and the Ethiopian Plateau; on the south by the East African Highlands, which include Lake Victoria, a Nile source; and on the west by the less well-defined watershed between the Nile, Chad, and Congo basins, extending northwest to ...
What is the land around the Nile river used for?
For thousands of years, the river has provided a source of irrigation to transform the dry area around it into lush agricultural land. Today, the river continues to serve as a source of irrigation, as well as an important transportation and trade route.
Is it legal to swim in the Nile river?
Swimming is safe (and encouraged). The section of water between Aswan and Luxor is clean and taking a dip is a real highlight. Your Felucca Captain my suggest swimming in the Nile.
Why were the pyramids built near the Nile river?
Most of the pyramids can be found on the western side of the Nile River, just into the dry desert. ... The reason they built the pyramids next to the Nile River was so it would be easier to get the blocks to the pyramid. The stones could be bought nearer to the pyramid building site by boat.
What is Nile tourism?
The Nile River defines Egypt. ... The great pyramids of the pharaohs and Egypt's arts, food and culture are magnets for tourism, the country's major industry. A Nile River tour combines a cruise along the Nile with visits to some of Egypt's most important archaeological sites.
What pyramids are in Giza?
The Giza Pyramid Complex, also called the Giza Necropolis, is the site on the Giza Plateau in Greater Cairo, Egypt that includes the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, along with their associated pyramid complexes and the Great Sphinx of Giza.
How can I see the Nile?
The best way to catch a glimpse of the wildlife is through a guided tour in which visitors will embark on a safari and a cruise along a stretch of the Nile within the park boundaries.
Why did Egyptians build pyramids?
Egypt's pharaohs expected to become gods in the afterlife. To prepare for the next world they erected temples to the gods and massive pyramid tombs for themselves—filled with all the things each ruler would need to guide and sustain himself in the next world.
Why Egypt is the gift of the Nile?
The Greek historian Herodotus called Egypt the "gift of the Nile", since the kingdom owed its survival to the annual flooding of the Nile and the resulting depositing of fertile silt.
What was papyrus made from?
The papyrus plant was long cultivated in the Nile delta region in Egypt and was collected for its stalk or stem, whose central pith was cut into thin strips, pressed together, and dried to form a smooth thin writing surface.
Are there sharks in the Nile river?
After some research, we came up with a list of aquatic animals that we had no idea live in Egypt's sacred river. There aren't any great white sharks, as claimed by a 9-year-old expert on Wiki-answers. But it turns out there are more reptiles than just the famous Nile crocodile, as well as some pretty ferocious fish.
Are there still hippos in the Nile?
Once common throughout the Nile River system, the hippopotamus is now found only in the swampy Al-Sudd region of South Sudan and farther south. A male hippopotamus is typically about 3.5 meters (11.5 feet) long, 1.5 meters (5 feet) tall, and 3,200 kg (3.5 tons).
Are there parasites in the Nile river?
Since the dawn of the Egyptian civilization — and probably long before that — parasitic flatworms of the species Schistosoma haematobium have lurked in the River Nile. They grow inside river snails and emerge into the water looking for their next home.
