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1、TheNileRiverTheNileistheworld'slongestriverat4,135miles.Ithastwosources,oneatLakeVictoria,inUganda(theWhiteNile)andoneatLakeTana,inEthiopia(theBlueNile).TheentireNileRiverDeltaisestimatedtodrain(排水)anareaof1,293,000squaremiles.Thisareaissovast(广阔的)thatithasanumberofdifferentclimateareas
2、.North,inEgyptandSudan,rainfallissparse.Moretothesouth,inandaroundEthiopia,rainfallisheavy,contributingtothefloodwatersthatrushdownstreamandeventuallycreatethewonderfullyfertilesoilthatsupportssomuchoflifeinEgyptandSudan.Dams,themostnotablebeingtheAswanHighDam,havebeenbuiltalongtheroute
3、topreventmassivefloodingofpopulatedareas.TheNileRiverDeltaishometomanyspeciesofanimals,includingcrocodiles,turtles,baboons,wildebeest,andmorethan300speciesofbirds,includingfishingeagles,ibis,andtheNileValleySunbird.TheancientEgyptianscalledtheriverArorAur,meaning"black,"becauseoftheblac
4、ksedimentleftbehindafterthefrequentriverfloods.TheancientGreekscalledtheriverKem,whichtranslatesinto"black"aswell.ButitisasNilethatweknowthisrivertoday.NilecomesfromtheGreekNeilos,whichmeans"rivervalley".ThepeoplewholivedalongtheNileinancienttimesusedtheriverforagricultureandtransportat
5、ion.Thathasn'tchanged,althoughthemethodsofagricultureandtransportationhave.SteamshipsarestillusedinEgyptandSudan,totransportgoods.FactsabouttheNileRiverLength4,135milesSource(s)LakeVictoria,Uganda;LakeTana,EthiopiaMouthMediterraneanSea,offEgyptCountriesFlowsThroughEgypt,Sudan,Uganda,Eth
6、iopia,Zaire,Kenya,Tanzania,Rwanda,BurundiMajorCitiesFlowsBy/ThroughCairo,Karhtoum,Aswan,Luxor,Alexandria,EgyptWhereNameComesFromGreekwordNelios,whichmeans"RiverValley"
