Water Transport in Egypt - Nile, Suez Canal Container Terminal (Paperback)

Chapters: Nile, Suez Canal Container Terminal. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Nile - The word "Nile" comes from Greek Neilos (), of unknown derivation. In the ancient Egyptian language, the Nile is called 'p or iteru, meaning "great river," represented by the hieroglyphs shown on the right (literally itrw, and 'waters' determinative). In Coptic, the words piaro (Sahidic) or phiaro (Bohairic) meaning "the river" (lit. p(h).iar-o "the.canal-great") come from the same ancient name. Nile seen from Spot Satellite East Africa, showing the course of the Nile River, with the Blue and White Niles marked in those colours The Nile makes its way through the Sahara Composite satellite image of the White Nile.The drainage basin of the Nile covers 3,254,555 square kilometres (1,256,591 sq mi), about 10% of the area of Africa. There are two great tributaries of the Nile, joining at Khartoum: the White Nile, starting in equatorial East Africa, and the Blue Nile, beginning in Ethiopia. Both branches are on the western flanks of the East African Rift, the southern part of the Great Rift Valley. Below the Blue and White Nile confluence the only remaining major tributary is the Atbara River, which originates in Ethiopia north of Lake Tana, and is around 800 kilometres (500 mi) long. During the dry period of January to June, there is typically no flow from the Atbara River. It flows only while there is rain in Ethiopia and dries very rapidly. It joins the Nile approximately 300 kilometres (200 mi) north of Khartoum. The Nile is unusual in that its last tributary (the Atbara) joins it roughly halfway to the sea. From that point north, the Nile diminishes because of evaporation. The course of the Nile in Sudan is distinctive. It flows over six groups of cataracts, fr...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=21244