Nile River

Mountains are to the south and low lying plains are in the north.

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Egyptians celebrated the 3 stages:

1. Inundation (flooding June-Sepember) 2. Emergence (planting and growing-October-February) 3. Harvest (gathering crops-March-May)

The ancient Egyptians called this rich soil:

The gift of the nile

The area after flooding is called _________ __________ becuase of the nutrient rich soil created by silt (because of the black represented life and was often used in statues showing the afterlife)

black land

Civilization started along the Nile about ______________ years ago. Without the NIle, ________________ would be a desert because it rarely rains.

blank 1: 5,000 blank 2: Egypt

As water comes DOWN the mountains, it flows through the river ___________ and empties into the Mediterranean _________.

blank 1: delta blank 2: sea

Each spring, water woudl run of the mountains and the Nile would _________.

flood

The Nile flows from SOUTH to NORTH because

of the geography of the land

The surrounding desert area is knows as the ____ _______.

red land