"Kool Valentine Kats" Egypt

     Today in class Christy Kim brought in some chocolates. Last semester she would always bring in food for everyone. We went over some of the facts we found last class. Mr. Schick also went over our grades on our last quiz. We then broke up into our groups. 


Facts:
Nile;
- The Nile is famous as the longest river in the world. 
- The river got its name from the Greek word Neilos, which means valley. 
- The Nile floods the lands in Egypt, leaving behind black sediment. 
- That's why the ancient Egyptians named the river Ar, meaning black.
- The Nile River is actually 6695 kilometers (4184 miles) long.
-  River Nile facts state it winds from Uganda to Ethiopia, flowing through a total of nine countries. 
- While the Nile River is often associated with Egypt, it actually touches Ethiopia, Zaire, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Sudan, as well as Egypt.
- It's only recent that the first known navigation team successfully followed the river from beginning to its end.
- One of the most well known river Nile facts is the river's ability to produce extremely fertile soil, which made it easy for cities and civilizations to spring up alongside the banks of the Nile. 
- Flowing downward into the Mediterranean Sea, Africa’s longest river becomes one great water source at the ancient city of Khartoum where the Blue Nile and the White Nile merge. 
- The Blue Nile begins at Lake Tana in Ethiopia, where yearly rains produce the waters that would inundate Egypt at the start of their 365 day calendar marking the day that Sirius rose at dawn. The White Nile originates in sub-tropical Africa at Lake Victoria.
- The Nile flows from south to north and is formed by three major tributaries: the White Nile, the Blue Nile and the Atbara.

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