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A road going through the flooded savannah The Nile Delta upstream of Cairo in 1961. At the northern end is the Nile Delta, 175 km long by 260 km wide. There are some lakes and lagoons with marshes near the seacoast; some of the larger are Lake Burullus and Lake Manzala. The topsoil in the delta is up to 21 meters in depth and intensely used for ...
This map shows key rivers - French Broad, Nolichucky and Pigeon - and dams that were hit hard by the floods. Key East Tennessee rivers and dams hit hard by Hurricane Helene flooding
Ancient branches of the Nile, showing Wadi Tumilat, and the lakes east of the Delta. People have lived in the Nile Delta region for thousands of years, and it has been intensively farmed for at least the last five thousand years. The delta was a major constituent of Lower Egypt, and there are many archaeological sites in and around the delta. [6]
The scale was proposed as a tool on prevention planning, as the resulting maps offer insights on future impacts, highlighting the high severity areas. [11] Flash floods can cause rapid soil erosion. [14] Much of the Nile delta sedimentation may come from flash flooding in the desert areas that drain into the Nile River. [15]
The Pigeon River in Newport broke a record at 20.9 feet above its flood level, surpassing the 1904 record by 5.5 feet. The Watauga River in Elizabethton reached 5 feet above its flood level in its ...
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The festival of the Nile as depicted in Norden's Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie Map of the Nile river. The flooding of the Nile (commonly referred to as the inundation) has been an important natural cycle in Nubia and Egypt since ancient times. It is celebrated by Egyptians as an annual holiday for two weeks starting August 15, known as Wafaa El-Nil.
— Tennessee Valley Authority (@TVAnews) September 28, 2024 By 4 p.m. Sept. 28, TVA reported that Nolichucky Dam had been found to be "stable and secure" as water levels continued to drop.