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