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| 3275892449 | Upper Egypt | upstream on the Nile River Thebes stone cliffs/desert sand |  | 0 |
| 3275923039 | Lower Egypt | downstream on the Nile River delta where Nile empties into the Mediterranean Sea Memphis very fertile |  | 1 |
| 3275930610 | The Nile River | world's longest river - 4,000 miles long flows south to north begins in the mountains of Africa ends with a delta that empties into the Mediterranean Sea |  | 2 |
| 3275960250 | delta | a very fertile, flat, fan-shaped land made of silt dropped by a river as it drains into a larger body of water |  | 3 |
| 3275969295 | shadoof | a pole with a bucket and counterweight used especially in Egypt for raising water |  | 4 |
| 3275978089 | Too much Nile flooding | villages were destroyed farm animals drowned |  | 5 |
| 3275997552 | Too little Nile flooding | Crops failed |  | 6 |
| 3275998492 | "Nilometer" | a special staircase with carefully measured steps used to measure the level of flooding of the Nile River |  | 7 |
| 3276073088 | October | flooded land began to dry out farmers planted cucumbers, lettuce, onions, beans, and flax |  | 8 |
| 3276097633 | March | month when crops are harvested |  | 9 |
| 3276100060 | surplus crops | when farmers harvest more food than they need extra food goes to storehouses - not everyone had to be a farmer |  | 10 |
| 3276134564 | How the Nile helps the Egyptians | water for irrigation silt for farming (good soil) a route for trade water for transportation |  | 11 |
