Nile River

Nile River

1. Suez Canal

   • Longest ship canal
   • Separates Asia from Africa
   • Cuts through Europe
   • Links the Mediterranean sea and the Red sea

2. Aswan Dam

   • Longest dam in the world
   • Disadvantages - lost nutrients, 120,000 people had to migrate, polluted by fertilizer
   • Took 10 years to build
   • Cost 1 billion dollars
   • Made of Earth and rock
   • Advantages - Electrical power and fishing industry

3. It is 4160 miles long

4. Has 6 waterfalls

5. Deserts East to west

6. Nickname is the giver of life

7. Flows from South to North

8. To predict the floods they developed the solar calender

9. Every mid July it floods leaving rich fertile soil