It has many tributaries but there are two main ones: the White Nile fed by lake Victoria and the Blue Nile coming from Ethiopian mountains. These two main branches join near Khartoum, the capital of Sudan and they continue together as Nile proper until meeting the Mediterranean Sea and forming the Nile delta in northern Egypt. Around 5000 BC, one of the first great civilizations developed in the northern Nile river valley dependent on agriculture in a land called Egypt. Water; Fertile soil; and river's flow north while prevailing wind blows south made the Nile the best transportation way, were examples of the Nile gifts. Another gift is that every year the flood came bringing disaster and famine due to destroying the crops and their villages.
The Nile river also supported in their early political unification between upper and lower Egypt. I believe that without the Nile River the early Egyptians would not have existed. The geographical surroundings of the Nile river has a big impact on the development of the Egyptian civilization. First of all the Nile river is 6695 kilometers (4184 miles) long, with this length, the Nile river is the longest river on Earth starting from Uganda to Ethiopia, flowing through a total of nine countries to the Mediterranean Sea. Located in Sahara desert in Northern Africa, the river flows north while the wind blows south making the Nile the main transportation way.
[REDACTED] [REDACTED] Subject Date An Abridged History of Rwanda Rwanda is a small country located on the Eastern side of Africa that is south of Uganda and west of Tanzania. The country is mostly inhabited by two different ethnic groups, the Hutu and the Tutsi. These two groups have had tension between each other ever since Rwanda was established. Rwanda is most widely known for its mass genocide between the two groups that lasted between April 6, 1994 and the beginning of July, 1994. (Background) In the 1300's, the Hutus migrated from the North into Rwanda for the first time.
The Role of Nile River for Egyptian Civilization. Nile river is the longest river in the world. The river begins at lake Tana in Ethiopia that crosses many African countries and ends at Egypt before flowing to Meditranean sea. Nile is the blood,life,or backbone of Egyptian existence and civilization. Without Nile river ,Egypt would just have been a wastless continuation of Saharan desert with little agriculture, transportation and communication.
[12] Ghana is a constitutional democracy divided into ten administrative regions, and the world's 56th−most inhabited nation with a population of approximately 27 million as of 2014. [5] Ghana's varied geography includes savannas, woodlands, forests, a coastal line, springs, cave systems, mountains, estuaries, wildlife parks, and nature reserves. [13][14][15] The coast of Ghana stretches 560 kilometres (350 miles) and includes a rich assortment of culturally significant castles, forts, ports and harbors. [15] Prior to colonization by the British empire in the early-20th century, Ghana was the site of numerous kingdoms and empires; the most powerful being the Akan Kingdom of Ashanti. [16] In 1957, it became the first African nation to declare independence from European colonization.
This extremely high altitude can cause symptoms such as shortness of breath and nausea. In Africa, Ethiopia is the second most populated country being home to around 85.2 million people. With an annual growth rate of 3.2% Ethiopia is an ever-expanding country. Ethiopia is found in the Horn of Africa. To the north, Ethiopia is bordered by Eritrea and to the west Sudan.
There were also old Egyptian structures that had to be carefully moved to avoid destruction from the new path of the river. These relocations sparked controversy and resistance from the Egyptian people due to the old structures being a large part of the tourist attraction in Egypt. Another big problem the Dam caused was with the soil around the river. Normally the soil was very good for farming, even with the annual floods, but the construction of the Dam caused the nutrients in the water to stop flowing to the soil. The result was poor farmland and in turn, the poverty of the farmers wasn’t completely solved.
Fernando Po was an explorer from Portugal who was leading an expedition up the Wouri River in 1472. He noticed that the river had an abundance of large shrimps, so he decided to call the river Rios dos Camaroes (in English it means the River of Prawns) which becomes the base of forming the name Cameroon. When the Portuguese first arrived in Cameroon they were primarily interested in acquiring slaves and coastal trade. They were initially restricted to the coastal areas because of Malaria. Europeans had not yet created the medicine Quinine (which was created later in the 1870’s) to combat the disease and were afraid of catching it.
The Niger Delta has a lot of regions that generates oil but one of the popular places is Ogoniland. Ogoniland is a region situated in the southeast of the Niger Delta, it is the “the third largest mangrove ecosystem in the world.Ogoniland has a population of close to 832,000 (according to the 2006 National
Within this past century, there have been five major floods that were recorded to have claimed hundreds of millions of lives, millions of acres of farmland, destroyed thousands of homes, and billions of dollars of damage. In 1998, a flood of such catastrophic level in the Three Gorges area caused 4,000 casualties, left 14 million people homeless, and created $24 billion in economic loss. The proponents of the Three Gorges Dam believe that it will serve to protect 15 million people and 1.5 million acres of farmland in areas of the Yangtze River that are vulnerable to flooding. In order to do this, the water height of the reservoir upstream from the dam will change according to season. During the dry season, from November to April, the water level will be allowed to reach 185 meters above sea level, but during the flooding months, the water level will be reduced to 135 meters in order to attempt to contain flood waters.