2. What is the Nile river
• The Nile river is the longest river in the world
• The Nile river gets its name from the Greek
word “nelios” which means valley
• The Nile river is actually 6695 kilometers (4148
miles) long

3. Where is the Nile
river
• The Nile river and its
tributaries, the white Nile
and the blue Nile run
through nine countries .
• The white Nile flows
through Uganda, Sudan
and Egypt.
• The blue Nile flows through
Burundi,Rwanda,Kenya,Zai
-re,Tanzanian and Ethiopia.

4. Where is the source of the Nile
• Lake victoria in Uganda (which is African's
biggest lake) is thought to be the main
source of the Nile
• Lake Tana in Ethiopia.
• Both feeders passes through waterfalls in
Sudan then in Egypt in lake Nasser .

5. Why did the Egyptians live by
the Nile
• The Nile provide food
like: fish & water
• Because of its annual
flooding
• The Nile also enriched
the surrounding soil
with Nile silt which
make the soil fertile

6. Papyrus Reeds
• papyrus reeds grew
along side the Nile
• Papyrus used to make
paper for writing and
drawing
• We can used also
papyrus for making
boats which was the
fastest form of
transportation

7. Fishing and hunting
• The Egyptians used
the nets and spears to
catch the fish along
the Nile
• They can also used
nets to catch birds
which flew close along
the water’s surface

8. Flooding
• The river Nile flooded every year between
June and September
• The heavy summer rain in the Ethiopian
mountains sent lots of water to the banks of
the Nile river in Egypt to over flow on the
flat dessert land
• The Nile doesn’t flood today due to building
the high dam in Aswan in 1970

9. Thank you
By
Omar Khattab