Physiographic Features of Egypt Map of Egypts Physiographic
Features NUBIAN DESERT Nubian Desert The Nubian Desert is located
in northeast Africa, between the Nile River and the Red Sea.It is
an approximately 97,000 square mile region of the Sahara
Desert.Primarily a sandstone plateau, this arid (dry) region has
numerous wadis, or dry watercourses, which fill with water that
flows to the Nile during periods of heavy rainfall.The ancient
Kushites mined copper and gold from this desert, and traded these
metals to Egypt for linen and grain. NILE DELTA NILE DELTA The
delta of the Nile River is a triangle shaped region located north
of Cairo, in northeastern Egypt.Originally, as many as seven
branches of the Nile wound through the delta.The delta contains
sixty percent of Egypts cultivated land (farmland), large areas of
marshy wetlands, and shallow lakes.During ancient times, the
Egyptians took advantage of the regions rich soil, gentle winds,
and level landscape to develop an extremely productive agricultural
system. ARABIAN DESERT ARABIAN DESERT The Arabian Desert is the
eastern desert of Egypt.It runs from the Nile River in the west to
the Red Sea and the Gulf of Suez in the east.The desert is
mountainous and rutted by deep, dry riverbeds.The ancient Egyptians
used its abundant quarries of granite, feldspar, and other
materials for many of their building projects. NILE RIVER NILE
RIVER The Nile River is the longest river in the world, stretching
4,160 miles.It flows northward from its headstream in Central
Africa to its delta on the Mediterranean Sea.The Nile runs through
parts of Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi,
and Zaire.At six different places along the Nile, crystalline rocks
form cataracts, or stretches of rapids and waterfalls that are not
navigable.According to the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, Egypt
was the gift of the Nile because its waters supported large scale
agriculture, made transportation easier, and provided a variety of
edible plants and animals. MEDITERRANEAN SEA MEDITERRANEAN SEA The
Mediterranean Sea is the worlds largest inland sea.Surrounded by
Europe, Africa, and Asia, it covers an area approximately of nine
hundred and sixty-five thousand square miles.The Mediterranean Sea
connects with the Atlantic Ocean and the Black Sea by way of the
Aegean Sea.The shores of the sea are mainly mountainous.Many
species of fish, sponges, and coral are abundant in the sea.The
ancient Egyptians were originally afraid to sail on the
Mediterranean, and so they relied on traders from other lands to
bring them goods from Anatolia (Turkey) and Canaan.Eventually, the
Egyptians got over their fear and sailed the Mediterranean Sea
doing their own trading. LIBYAN DESERT LIBYAN DESERT The Libyan
Desert is the northeastern part of Africas Sahara Desert, the
largest desert in the world.The Libyan Desert covers parts of
southwestern Egypt, eastern Libya, and northwestern Sudan.The
region consists primarily of sand dunes, course, stony plains, and
plateaus of bare rock.Although its hot, dry climate is harsher and
more forbidding than that of Egypts eastern deserts, the oases of
this region were known in ancient times for their wines and
agricultural products. Settling Egypt Settling Ancient Egypt
Where did most people in Egypt settle? What are resources the Nile
provided/gave to the Egyptians? What is a shaduf and why was it
important to Egyptian farmers? What are two reasons why the
Egyptians did not have to worry about fighting many enemies? 5)What
are the positive and negative aspects of settling in Egypt? Most
Egyptians settled along the Nile River. The Nile provides farmable
soil from when it flooded, water for bathing/drinking/etc., fish,
ducks, geese, and papyrus. A shaduf is a device Egyptian farmers
used to irrigate their cultivated fields.It was important because
they could water their plants with fresh water to keep their fields
fertile. The Egyptians did not have to worry about fighting many
enemies because they were protected on 3 sides by deserts and they
had plenty of farmland and did not have to conquer others to get
more. river flooded predictably relying on a river rich soil near
river dry environment protected by deserts have to irrigate plenty
of resources