Ancient Egypt Nile River Valley Map

It is made up of 2 river systems.

Ancient egypt nile river valley map. It rises south of the equator and flows northward through northeastern africa to drain into the mediterranean sea. The nile river has certainly played a critical role in the history of ancient egypt. The civilisation of egypt has depended on the river nile since ancient times. The nile floods the lands in egypt leaving behind black sediment.

A map of the nile river in egypt satelite images. Famous as the longest river in the world the river got its name from the greek word neilos which means valley. That s why the ancient egyptians named the river ar meaning black. An interactive map of the nile delta.

679 422 cairo to edfu. It was considered the source of life by the ancient egyptians and has played a vital role in the country s history. The nile river in egypt extends from the northern limits of lake nasser in aswan to the north of cairo where the nile is divided into two branches damietta and rosetta forming the nile delta. It is a river nestled in the eastern part of the african continent whose basin is home to uganda ethiopia tanzania rwanda burundi kenya sudan south sudan eritrea democratic republic of the congo and of course egypt.

Km mi cairo to minia. The nile river is the longest river in the world. 489 304 cairo to luxor. 252 157 cairo to abydos.

2 what is the nile delta. Here s a map of the nile river the blue and white nile are marked in their respective colors. The world s longest river located in egypt the nile flows 4 132 miles 6 650 kilometres northward to the mediterranean sea a very unusual direction for a river to take. Nowadays the nile valley is a canyon running 660 miles long with a floodplain occupying 4 250 square miles.

Safariegypt has acquired a huge collection of maps that will be displayed starting jan 2007. The delta spans some 8 500 square miles and is fringed in its coastal regions by lagoons wetlands lakes and sand dunes. The blue nile in ethiopia and the white nile in burundi. We are now showing maps for the main cities of egypt.

The blue nile s spring is lake tana in the highlands of ethiopia the white nile springs from lake victoria.