Famine and death occur when the flood is delayed and the Nile dries up. About 110 million Egyptians eat, drink and live on the Nile waters, the only life artery.
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The Aswan High Dam brought the Nile's devastating floods to an end, reclaimed more than 100,000 acres of desert land for cultivation, and made additional crops possible on some 800,000 other acres.
The Nile, EgyptThe river is noted for its fast moving crocodiles that kill some 200 people every year. There are hippopotamuses, venomous snakes and deadly mosquitos. So, step in at your own risk!
Several scientific explanations have been offered to account for the Nile's vivid red color, the death of fish, and the fouling of the river. In 1957, scholar Greta Hortsuggested it was due to silt from the river's southern tributaries which carried flagellate protozoa.
To this day, Egyptians still celebrate the flooding of the Nile with an annual two-week holiday called Wafaa El-Nil. However, due to modern dams, the river no longer floods.