What is the River Nile?
The river Nile is a 6695 kilometer long river that flows through 6 countries including Egypt. The river is formed is formed from two rivers; the White Nile and the Blue Nile. The land next the river Nile is called The Black Land and if you go out even further the land is called The Red Land. The River Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea and the largest source of it is Lake Victoria. The name Nile comes from Greek word “neilos” meaning Valley.
Why was the River Nile so important in Ancient Egypt?
Without the river Nile there would not have been any Egyptians. It provided the Egyptians with water, food and a transportation route for trades. Each year there was heavy rains which made the Nile overflow. At first this was a big catastrophe for the Egyptians because it caused their crops to die and their animals would drown, but the Egyptians learnt that it only flooded once every year at around the same time in June. The Egyptians where smart and planned ahead. They would wait for the floods to make the soil moist so that they could plant new crops that would grow better than ever. So the river Nile had a very important role in ancient Egypt; without it they wouldn't have survived.