The ancient Egyptians based their farming around the annual flooding of the River Nile. There were three seasons in the Egyptian calendar: Akhet Also called the Season of the Inundation.

It almost never rains in Egypt, where approximately 95% of the land is desert. For that reason, almost all the drinking water and water required for farming comes from the Nile River. If you know that ...

The River Nile is more than six thousand five hundred ... making it perfect for farming. The Ancient Egyptians called The Nile 'Ar' which meant black, because that was the colour of the soil ...

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, as well as most English-speaking sources, the Nile is the world’s longest river, stretching roughly 6,695km from East Central Africa towards ...

Seasonal flooding has long been part of the lifestyle of pastoral communities around the Sudd, the largest wetlands in Africa, in the Nile River floodplain ... cattle and do farming in that ...

Residents and fishermen in Njeru Municipality, Buikwe District, have raised alarm over the continuous discharge of untreated industrial waste into the River Nile, a practice they claim is severely ...