Nile river

Sunday, July 05, 2009

Location of river

The Nile is the longest river in the world, stretching north for approximately 4,000 miles from East Africa to the Mediterranean.

Description

Nile river has 3 sources,the Blue Nile,the White Nile and the Arbara. It is located at Northern Africa and it flow though nine countries. The White Nile flows though Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt. The Blue Nile starts in Ethiopia. Zaire, Kenya, Tanzanian, Rwanda, and Burundi all have tributaries, which flow into the Nile or into lake Victoria Nyanes.,where it's mouth is located.

Flow rate

The Nile River's average discharge is about 300 million cubic metres per day. To get a more accurate idea about how much water actually flows in the nile look at this image:

Myths Of The Nile River

A god of the earth and vegetation, Osiris symbolized in his death the yearly drought and in his miraculous rebirth the periodic flooding of the Nile and the growth of grain. He was a god-king who was believed to have given Egypt civilization.
Osiris was the first child of Nut and Geb. He was married to his sister, Isis and was the father of Horus and Anubis. Osiris inherited the throne when Geb, the original king of Egypt, abdicated.
At this time the Egyptians were barbarous cannibals and uncivilized. Osiris saw this and was greatly disturbed. Therefore, he went out among the people and taught them what to eat, the art of agriculture, how to worship the gods, and gave them laws. Osiris was Egypt's greatest king who ruled through kindness and persuasion. Having civilized Egypt, Osiris traveled to other lands, leaving Isis as his regent, to teach other peoples what he taught the Egyptians.
During Osiris' absence, Isis was troubled with Seth's plotting to acquire both her and the throne of Egypt. Shortly after Osiris' return to Egypt, Seth, one of Osiris' brother, and 72 conspirators murdered him. They then threw the coffin in which he was murdered into the Nile, with his divine body still inside.

Isis magically located Osiris' body. Upon learning the his brother's body was found, Seth went to it and tore it into fourteen pieces and scattered them throughout Egypt. Isis once again found every part of his body. She magically re-assembled Osiris and resurrected him long enough to be impregnated by him so that she could give birth to the new king Horus.Seth was not willing to surrender the throne of Egypt to the youthful Horus and thus a tribunal of gods met to decide who was the rightful king. The trial lasted eighty years. Eventually through Isis' cunning won the throne for her son.

Horus

Seth

Isis

Orsiris

Eye of Horus

Waterfalls

Bujagali Falls is a waterfall near Jinja in Uganda where the Nile River comes out of LakeVictoria.

Murchison Falls is a waterfall on the Nile. It breaks the Victoria Nile to Lake Kyoga and then to the north end of Lake Albert in the western branch of the East African Rift.

Nile Delta

The Nile Delta is formed in Northern Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea. The delta is approximately 160 km in length from north to south. It is one of the world's largest river deltas from Alexandria in the west to Port Said in the east. The delta covers 240 km of Mediterranean coastline and is a rich agricultural region.

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.