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Nile River Geography

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  • What is irrigation?
    man-made canals that spread out water to farms and gardens
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  • What is a tributary?
    smaller streams or rivers that flow into a larger river
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  • What is population distribution?
    how close or far away people are from each other in a given area
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  • What is silt?
    Very rich soil that is carried by water
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  • What does it mean if the land is "fertile"?
    It is easy to grow crops and other plant life
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  • What is a flood plain?
    The land that is covered by water and silt during the flood season.
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  • Name 4 of the countries that the Nile River runs through.
    Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Sudan, Uganda
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  • What is hydroelectric power?
    Power made from running water
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  • What is a delta?
    A fan-shaped area where a river empties its water into another body of water
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  • Which two countries are feuding over a new dam that will be built on the Nile?
    Ethiopia and Egypt
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  • In what direction does the Nile flow?
    South to North
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  • What are the names of the 2 rivers that meet to form the Nile?
    White Nile and Blue Nile
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  • What do we call dangerous, fast moving waters?
    cataracts
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  • What do we call dangerous, fast moving waters?
    cataracts or rapids
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  • What is agriculture?
    farming (growing crops) or ranching (raising livestock)
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  • What is erosion?
    An act in which earth is worn away by water, wind, or ice
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