This river is 4,100 miles long. That is the flying distance from Tahiti to San Francisco! 🤯

The Nile river, also known as "The Father Of African Rivers” is 4,100 miles long.

That is the flying distance from Tahiti to San Francisco! 🤯

This river is most commonly attached to Egypt but flows through 10 more African countries: Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Congo, and Uganda. The river is a crucial source of freshwater, food, transportation, and irrigation for the region. Every year, in August, the Nile River floods, which makes the soil rich with silt and sediment.

The river is most closely associated with the ancient Egyptians because of how they adapted to this annual flooding. They used something called a “nilometer”, which were stone columns with markings that would indicate the water level to see if they were going to have dangerous floods or low waters that could result in a poor harvest. The Egyptians also developed new skills and technology because of the river that spanned from agriculture to shipbuilding.

The impact of the Nile on the world's culture, history, and commerce is hard to overstate.