Uses Of River

Everyday millions of people commute on the River Nile. Here are some of the things that happen everyday on the Nile.

1) Tourism: Everyday there are numerous luxury cruisers, and traditional Egyptian sailing boats travelling up and down the Nile.

2) Farming: There are hundreds of farms along the Nile, and usually farmers use boats to transport items (such as rice, wheat, cattle, and hay) between locations on the Nile.

3) Fishing: Almost everyone who lives on the Nile would have done some fishing at one time in their life or another, and for some fishing is a main source of income and wealth. Each year thousands of tonnes of fish are caught.

4) Hydro-electricity:Dams were built along the Nile to create hydro-electricity for Egypt. One of them is the Aswan High Dam. The Aswan High Dam is 3,830 m in length, 980 m wide at the base, 40 m wide at the crest and 111 m tall. The dam powers twelve generators each rated at 175 megawatts, producing a hydroelectric output of 2.1 gigawatts.

Some more pictures

View of the Nile from a cruiseboat, between Luxor and Aswan in Egypt

A dhow traversing the Nile near Aswan

Marsh along the Nile

The Nile in Uganda

A river boat crossing the Nile in Uganda