The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 191National Geographic Society., 1997 - Geography |
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... Nile River . The river injects life into the bright green fan at its mouth , while the gray , man - made mass of Cairo eats away at the fan's delicate stem . The black soil of the Nile Delta has made it the foundation stone of seven ...
... Nile River . The river injects life into the bright green fan at its mouth , while the gray , man - made mass of Cairo eats away at the fan's delicate stem . The black soil of the Nile Delta has made it the foundation stone of seven ...
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... Nile cut a sloping channel to the seabed , carving a canyon that was later filled with sedi ment from the Mediterranean and the river . 2 800,000 YEARS AGO The Nile catchment area expanded , and during wet periods so did the delta ...
... Nile cut a sloping channel to the seabed , carving a canyon that was later filled with sedi ment from the Mediterranean and the river . 2 800,000 YEARS AGO The Nile catchment area expanded , and during wet periods so did the delta ...
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... Nile Delta wonder , then , that the Nile , like the sun , was a deity to the ancient Egyptians . But unlike the predictable sun , the Nile god was and is highly changeable . The old river feeds and washes its rapidly multiplying ...
... Nile Delta wonder , then , that the Nile , like the sun , was a deity to the ancient Egyptians . But unlike the predictable sun , the Nile god was and is highly changeable . The old river feeds and washes its rapidly multiplying ...
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