In the heart of Africa, where the mighty Nile has been a lifeline for millions of people for centuries, a monumental project is unfolding that could reshape ...

Seasonal flooding has long been part of the lifestyle of pastoral communities around the Sudd, the largest wetlands in Africa, in the Nile River floodplain. But since the 1960s the swamp has kept ...

The Egyptians have had a very different relationship with the Nile. For thousands of years, they referred to its annual flooding as the "Gift of the Nile." Each summer, like clockwork, the river ...

For that reason, almost all the drinking water and water required for farming comes from the Nile River. If you know that the Nile floods every year, you may think that the Egyptian people will have ...

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We even measure the level of the River Nile to see how much flooding we can expect. We have three seasons: Akhet, the flooding season, Peret, the growing season and Shemu, the harvesting season.