Over 90% of Egypt is scorching desert, so it is sometimes called the "red land". Yet, it also contains the greatest river on Earth, the Nile.
Nile, the longest river in the world, 6,695 km long from its remotest headstream, the Luvironza River in Burundi, central Africa, to its delta on the Mediterranean Sea, NE Egypt. The Nile flows northward and drains 2,850,000 sq km, about one tenth of Africa, including parts of Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, and Congo (Kinshasa).
This mighty river provides the basis for the great civilisation of ancient Egypt.
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| Map showing the river flow |
