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What Is the Importance of the Nile River?
The Nile River has been crucial to the development of Egypt.
Flooding
Around September of each year, over thousands of years, oods brought rich black soil to
the farmlands and crops of the ancient Egyptians to support life and agriculture in Egypt.
Building Material
The Nile River provided abundant building materials for ancient Egyptians. They utilized
the mud from the riverbanks to make sun-dried blocks. These blocks were used to build
homes and di erent structures. The Egyptians additionally quarried limestone and
sandstone from the slopes at the edge of the Nile.
Transportation
The Nile River has served both ancient Egyptians and Egyptians of today as a wonderful
water highway for transportation of people and materials between the di erent Egyptian
cities. Tourists who come to Egypt are happy to get on a boat to see the beauty of the
Nile River.
What Are the Major Water Sources in the Sinai Peninsula?
The Sinai Peninsula is mainly desert and
Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai
mountainous areas. There is very little
Peninsula, Egypt
water there, which makes life there
challenging.
Most people who live in the area are
Bedouins or nomadic Arabs of the desert.
They live near oases, or fertile spots in
a desert where water is found.
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