GEOGRAPHY

 //** Geography **  p.130-134   //

 Vocab. savanna- grassy plain delta- low land formed at the mouth of some rivers by the silt the river drops there cataracts- a series of rapids and waterfalls

Lower Egypt is made up of the Nile Delta. Many years ago the Nile River broke off into many diffrent branches. Today only two of those branches remain. In Upper Egypt many high cliffs surround the Nile. Some parts of the Nile in Upper Egypt run through cataracts.

Farmers depended on the Nile's annual flooding for thousands of years to make their farmlands new again.   >>   
 * 1)      **Location:**
 * 2)      **Northern Africa**
 * 3)      **bordered the Mediterranean Sea**
 * 4)      **Geographic Coordinates:**
 * 5)      **27 00 N, 30 00 E**
 * 1)   **        Area:         **
 * 2) **       <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> Land: 995,450 sq km         **
 * 3) **       <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> Water: 6,000 sq km         **
 * 4)  **      Total: 1,001,450 sq km      **
 * 1)   **Climate:**
 * 2)   **April- November was very hot**
 * 3)   **Tempatures reached up to 110 degrees F in the summer, mostly June.**
 * 4)   **Other 4 months are fairly cool**
 * 5) **  At night the tempatures can be near freezing  **