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Egypt The Great Sphinx. Egypt About the size of TX and NM combined Lifeline is the Nile River...
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Egypt
The Great Sphinx
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Egypt•About the size of TX and NM combined•Lifeline is the Nile River•Supplies 85% of the country’s water•Capital- Cairo
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Egypt
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Egypt• Sinai Peninsula lies
southeast of the Nile delta
• Suez canal separates the peninsula from the rest of Egypt
• Once taken by Israel
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The Suez Canal
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Egypt• The Eastern and Libyan deserts of Egypt are part of the
larger Sahara Desert region
The Sahara region
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Egypt• Only 2% of the land is used for farming• 29% of the people work in agriculture• All of the farmland lies in the Nile river valley• Farms depend on dams to control the water
supply• The dams are blocking the silt which is making
the farms less fertile.• The dams provide hydroelectric power for most
of the country
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Egypt• Aswan High Dam
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Egypt• The largest industrial centers are the capital of
Cairo and the port city of Alexandria • The rely on tourist coming to see the pyramids
and ancient temples• Their major export is Oil• They have a Republic government
• President is-Mohamed Hosni MUBARAK • 72.1 million people live there most within 20
miles of the Nile river
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Egypt• Vocabulary• Silt- small particles of rich soil
• Phosphate- mineral salt used in fertilizer
• Fellahin- Egyptian peasant farmers
• Bazaar- another word for marketplace
• Mosque- places of worship for followers of Islam