Taylor--Nile+River

**The Nile River** By: Taylor Yates Can one river supply enough resources for 26 million people? The Nile River has to do that every day. Without it Egypt would be dried up.It is the second longest river in the world and gives water to just about all of Africa. It snakes upward through Africa giving water to all of Africa. The Nile also provides very fertile soil. So, without the Nile Egypt wouldn’t exist.

 The Nile River is the main water supply of Egypt. Without the Nile Egypt would have barely get water for everything they need it for, like drinking, showers, and all the crops they need to water. Also it is the reason Egypt isn’t a desert. So without the Nile Egypt would dry up.

The Nile also produces very fertile soil for their crops. When the river rises it washes over the banks and brings the fertile soil for farming. If the water didn’t wash over the soil would be terrible and they would have no crops.

The Nile is the second longest river in the world and is the largest river in Africa. It goes up through Africa for 4600 miles and drains into the ocean. At the beginning of the Nile River the river starts as 2 separate rivers. It starts as The Blue Nile and The White Nile. The Nile starts by draining four lakes, Edward, Albert, George, and Victoria. The Blue Nile starts In Ethiopia in a spring near Lake Tona. They eventually meet and form the Nile River. The river basin is home to 95% of Egypt’s population. The river basin is home to 95% of Egypt’s population.

If the Nile River wasn’t in Africa Egypt wouldn’t exist. That is because the Nile is there main supply of water and crops. Also, without the Nile Egypt would dry up to be a desert and no one would live there, because they would have no water or crops and they couldn’t support life.

 The Nile is the border for the living and the non-living. On one side of the river there is the dead in the tombs. They are buried in tombs as a sign of resurrection in a different form. On the other there is the villages where they live. So if you want to cross the river you want to go to your death.

 The Nile River could never be replaced. It is the only way Egyptians survive from day to day. They have to get almost all of their resources from the Nile River. So if Egypt didn’t have it there would be no way they could survive.

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