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The Nile River: a journey from source to mouth

Mr. Herneisen 2008-09. The Nile River: a journey from source to mouth. Hydroelectric Potential Electrical power generated from flowing water Perennial Irrigation System of year-round watering for crops River Basin The area drained by a river and its tributaries Water Cycle

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The Nile River: a journey from source to mouth

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  1. Mr. Herneisen 2008-09 The Nile River: a journey from source to mouth

  2. Hydroelectric Potential • Electrical power generated from flowing water • Perennial Irrigation • System of year-round watering for crops • River Basin • The area drained by a river and its tributaries • Water Cycle • Movement of water from Earth to the atmosphere and back again Vocabulary to know

  3. WATER CYCLE

  4. World’s Longest River! • Two Branches • White Nile • 4,160 miles long! • Blue Nile • 870 miles long • Uses: • Food • Hygiene • Transportation • Energy The Nile river

  5. Source: Lake Tana, Ethiopia Source not discovered until 1615 by Spain Blue nile

  6. Source: Lake Victoria, Uganda Source discovered in 1850s by England White Nile

  7. Meeting place of the two branches (confluence) Khartoum, sudan

  8. 800 mile “S-curve” • Cataracts of the Nile: • 6 major rapids or low waterfalls • Major barriers to travel up and down the Nile River The great bend

  9. Nile River creates a lifeline for the Sahara Desert – largest desert in the world. • Lake Nasser & Aswan High Dam • One of largest reservoirs in the world (man-made lake) • Uses Nile River to create electricity • Controls flow of river to prevent flooding, help river travel, and provide perennial irrigation. Through the desert

  10. 95% of all Egyptians live along the Nile River Richest farmland in all of Africa Nile pours into Mediterranean Sea Egypt’s Nile River Delta

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