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Nile—the world’s longest river; one of the cradles of civilization• 90% of Egypt's population

lives here (3% of land)• flows into the Mediterranean

Sea. • length of about 4,160 miles• discharge is 680,000 gallons

per second• comes from the Greek

“neilos”, which means valley.

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• Largest Lake in Africa.

• 2nd Largest freshwater lake in the world (Lake Superior, USA is 1st)

• Source of the White Nile, which joins with the blue Nile to form the Nile River.

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Almost every kind of ecological system is found on the mountain: cultivated land, rain forest, heath, moorland, alpine desert and an arctic summit.

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