The Nile brought life to the dry land called Egypt.It was so important that a Greek historian Herodotus called Egypt the gift of the Nile. It is the longest river in the world! From Africa and runs through Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile made sections of Egypt , Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. The river actually goes a different way than other rivers it goes North than going South like other rivers.As it makes its way up cataracts form.In Lower Egypt it is divided into several branches which form a delta.The Nile would flood Upper Egypt in the midsummer and Lower Egypt in the fall.When the Nile flooded rich silt ideal for good farming.For Egyptians the floods were a life giving miracle.Without these wonderful floods farming in Egypt would have never happened.The great Nile River made living in Egypt a lot easier for the Egyptians to live.The Nile is awsome.
