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Emily Horvath

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The Nile was a very important part of ancient Egyption history. **The Nile was almost completely resposible for Egypt's economy.** The Nile has cataracts and a delta.

The Nile river runs for more than 4,000 miles in all. The waters in the Nile come from the Blue Nile. The Nile has 6 points of rapids called cataracts.A cataract is a waterfall or a downpoor of water. **Cataracts are the most shallow points in the Nil and the were bourders in acient Egypt.**


 * The definition of delta is a flat, low-lyingplain that sometimes forms at the mouth of a river from deposites of sediments.** The Nile Delta is a triangular shaped wetland. The Delta is at the mouth of the Nile and it lets out into the Mediterranean Ocean. The Nile Delta was created by an interplay between the sea.

The Nile was really imporatant to Egypt. All the cataracts, animals, and fertile soil helped ancient Egypt do every thing that they did.
 * [Gifts of the Nile: water; thick, black mud; fish & water fowl; papyrus]**

Baines, John, and Jaromir Malek.//Atlas of Ancient Egypt.//New York:Fact on File,1980 Casson, Lionel. //Ancient Egypt:Great Ages of Man.New York:Time-Life,1970// Kaplen, Leslie C. Technology of Ancient Egypt.New York: Power Kids Press, 2004 "Delta." 11 Jan. 2012. []