Egypt Geography

• Farming villages along the Nile River became a huge, powerful, rich civilization!

• Called "The Gift"

• Longest river in the world (4000 miles long!)

• Lots of "fertile soil" called silt next to the River

• River flooded, good and bad

• Hot desert on both sides

• NORTH: Mediterranean Sea

• EAST AND WEST: Hot desert and mountains

• SOUTH: Bumpy, dangerous cataracts in the river

• These are all NATURAL BARRIERS!

Look at the Mediterranean Sea up there in the blue. It was hard for invaders to cross.

The Sahara Desert-hard for invaders to cross

Invaders could not cross these cataracts!

Look at the green triangle shape near the Mediterranean Sea. It's called a delta. That's all great farmland!

Nile River---->

• Papyrus grew along the river banks

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• Fishing

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• Animals/hunting

Where the Bible says Moses was floating in a basket and found by the Queen of Egypt.

​The Nile River