Until the Aswan High Dam was built, Egypt received a yearly inundation - an annual flood - of the Nile. The ancient Egyptians did not realise this, but the flood came due to the heavy summer rains in the Ethiopian highlands, swelling the different tributaries and other rivers that joined and became the Nile.
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A flood is an overflow or accumulation of an expanse of water that submerges land. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Flooding may result from t...
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Season of the Inundation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Season of the Inundation (the MdC transliteration of the Egyptian term is Axt , and it is occasionally written as Akhet ) was the first season in the ancient Egyptian calendar. The ancient E...
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What was the Inundation? ... The inundation (Ancient Egyptian name 'hapy') was of such importance to Ancient Egyptians that they based their lives around it. The flood, caused by water from the Blue and White Nile and Atbara Rivers, would reach Aswan by the end of June and Cairo in September.
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The River Nile in Ancient Egypt. ... INUNDATION The Nile River has always been the backbone of Egypt. The mighty river flows for some 4,000 miles from the mountains of Equatorial Africa (Blue Nile) and Lake Victoria (White Nile) before it empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
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