Rivers
Where does the Blue Nile begin?
Lake Tana
What are rock filled rapids (like a waterfall) called?
Cataracts
When is the Emergence season?
September to February
Where is Upper Egypt located?
Southern Egypt
What is Khartoum?
Where the Blue and White Nile meet
What is the world's longest River?
What provides controlled flooding?
canal
When is the Inundation season?
June to September
What is the name for the dark soil around the Nile Delta?
"the black land"
What are the 2 reasons that Egypt was so well protected?
cataracts, desert
What river begins at 3 lakes (Albert, Edward, and Victoria)?
While Nile
What traps water?
Dam
What is the name of the harvest season?
Drought
What is the name for the area of land where desert is?
"the red land"
Transportation, fish, and fertile soil are all what?
gifts that the Nile gave to Egyptians
Where is the Nile Delta located?
Cairo
Where does the Nile River end?
Mediterranean Sea
Emergence
Where is Lower Egypt?
Northern Egypt
Where do the Blue and White Nile meet?
Khartoum
What are 3 gifts that the Nile gave to the Egyptians?
transportation, fish, fertile soil
Most people in Egypt live near this.
Nile Delta
When is the Drought season?
February to June
What is Egypt?
a country located in Africa
What purpose did cataracts and deserts serve in Egypt?
They provided protection for Egypt