SOTW The Nile

 

We studied the Nile Delta this past co-op and we made one ourselves.

First we took a disposable baking tray and filled it with soil. Then we dug out our river lining the bed with tin foil. The children went outside and gathered "river rock" to line the bed.  After they sprinkled grass seed for the farmers crops. Once we were all set up we flooded our river and over the next few days our "crops" grew.

 

The length of the Nile River is approximately 6650 kilometres (4132 miles). It is believed to be the longest river in the world.

Around 40 million people (half of Egypt’s population) live in the Nile Delta region.

The Nile Delta in Northern Egypt is where the Nile River drains in to the Mediterranean Sea. It is around 160 kilometres (100 miles) in length and spreads out over 240 kilometres (149 miles) of coastline. It is rich in agriculture and has been farmed for thousands of years.