Nile
About Nile
The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeast Africa which empties into the Mediterranean Sea. At 7,088 kilometers (4,404 mi) long, it is the longest river in the world, although the volume of water it carries is much smaller than other major rivers such as the Amazon or the Congo. The Nile has played a central role in the environmental, economic, and cultural history of Africa for millennia.
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Upper Egypt is south of Lower Egypt because that is the direction the Nile flows.
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More facts about Nile
In around 1060 BC the entire Egyptian city of Pyramises was moved 20 kilometres north because the Nile dried up beside it and they had to move the whole city.
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One way to entertain a pharaoh was to sail a boatload of young women dressed only in fishing nets down the Nile.
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