“The flood does not carry away the salt as before,” Amin explained. The annual flood of theNileused to deposit as much as 20 million tons of silt on the fields along the river. As the flood receded, the water draining through the soil leached out the salts and carried them off to...
As we chatted, a brightly painted sardine boat dropped anchor. The captain came ashore and joined our conversation. “Before they started the High Dam 25 years ago, ” he said, “the Nile mud had a lot of food in it, and so the sardines gathered mouth of the river to feed. Now ther...
Reports on the journey undertaken to reach the source of the river Nile of Egypt. Emphasis on excessive dependence of Egypt on the Nile; Impact of construction of Aswan High Dam on floods and draughts, agriculture, industry of Egypt; Negative effects of construction of the dam; Description of...
JOURNEY UP THE NILE. Reports on the journey undertaken to reach the source of the river Nile of Egypt. Emphasis on excessive dependence of Egypt on the Nile; Impact of construc... Caputo,Robert - 《National Geographic》 被引量: 3发表: 1985年 Journey Up the Nile 沿尼罗河而上 Tombs and ...
of the ancient world. And as rain fell in the Ethiopian highlands and the snows melted in the Mountains of the Moon, the river was everlastingly renewed. "This is the best place on earth," said Ahmed, an Egyptian fellah, or farmer, I encountered in the Nile Delta, that ...
Journey up the Nile (Except) By Robert Caputo 1.Egypt, wrote the Greek historian Hecataeus, is the gift of theNile. No other country is so dependent on a single lifeline.Egypt's very soil was born in the Nile's annual flood, with the flood came the life-giving mud that madeEgypt...
Aswan’s Nile Museum takes its visitors on an historical trip to get to know the story of the Nile and the history of the national projects on its banks all the way back to the era of Muhammed Ali Pasha in the 19th century.
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I was captured on the banks of the river Nile Carried far beyond the seven seas Journey Journey on So I left my home in the morning I wanna go home in the evening Journey Journey on Journey Oh Journey And I never get never get Never get weary yet Journey Oh Journey Sti...
A Journey to the Past; Fancy Something a Bit Different from Sun and Sea? Try Sun and River. This Brilliant Cruise Down the River Nile Will Show You Some of... A Journey to the Past; Fancy Something a Bit Different from Sun and Sea? Try Sun and River. This Brilliant Cruise Down the...