نهر النيل العظيم هبة الله لمصر ( علاء عبدالناصر توحيد )

نهر النيل العظيم هبة الله لمصر ( علاء عبدالناصر توحيد )
Where is the River Nile?
The River Nile is in Africa. It originates in Burundi, south of the equator, and flows northward through northeastern Africa, eventually flowing through Egypt and finally draining into the Mediterranean Sea.
Notice that the land is green on either side of the Nile.
Where is the source of the River Nile?
Lake Victoria, Africa's biggest lake, is generally thought of as the source of the River Nile. On the northern edge of the lake, water pours over a waterfall, known as Ripon Falls, into a narrow opening which is the beginning of the River Nile.
Ripon Falls may be the starting-point of the River Nile, but the many streams that flow into Lake Victoria could claim to be the true source.
Much of Lake Victoria is surrounded by mountains with streams tumbling down into the lake. The largest tributary of Lake Victoria is the Kagera river. The Kagera and its tributary the Ruvubu, with its headwaters in Burundi, is now considered to be the true source of the Nile. It is from here
Why was the Nile River so important to the Ancient Egyptians?
Ancient Egypt could not have existed without the river Nile. Since rainfall is almost non-existent in Egypt, the floods provided the only source of moisture to sustain crops.
Every year, heavy summer rain in the Ethiopian highlands, sent a torrent of water that overflowed the banks of the Nile. When the floods went down it left thick rich mud (black silt) which was excellent soil to plant seeds in after it had been ploughed.
The ancient Egyptians could grow crops only in the mud left behind when the Nile flooded. So they all had fields all along the River Nile.
This area was known as the Black Land. Further away from the river was the Red Land, a region of inhospitable desert.

Interesting Facts about the River Nile:
1.The Nile River is the longest river in the world.
2.The Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea.
3.The largest source of the Nile is Lake Victoria.
4.The Nile has a length of about 4,160 miles (6,695 kilometers).
5.Its average discharge is 3.1 million litres (680,000 gallons) per second.
6.The Nile basin is huge and includes parts of Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Congo (Kinshasa), Kenya.
7.The name Nile comes from the Greek “neilos”, which means valley.