the Nile
noun
uk/naɪl/us/naɪl/amajorriverin Egypt, Sudan,SouthSudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi, and one of thelongestriversin theworld:
For most of theyearwhile the River Nile was not inflood, the thespecieswasabundantinriversidepools.
SincetimeimmemorialEgyptians have made most use of thewatersof the Nile.
- Themiddlesectionisinspiredby awatercolourbasedon the funerarypaintingof Tutankhamunshootingduckson the Nile.
- Tanta University Hospitals arelocatedin thecentreof the Nile Delta, Egypt.
- Egyptologists andleisurelytravellersalikepublishedfictionalandfactualaccountsoftheirjourneysup and down the Nile.
Watercourses & waterfalls
- amazon
- arroyo
- beck
- bourne
- brook
- burn
- cascade
- cataract
- Euphrates
- fluvial
- fordable
- gulch
- gully
- rapids
- rill
- riverbed
- riverine
- runnel
- the Thames
- waterway