''The Longest River''

The Nile is the longest river in the

world flowing 6.74 km (4.189 miles)

from its source in the East African

highlands to the Delta a fertile area

of about 22,000 sq.km (8.50 sq.miles)

The Delta named by the Greeks because
it resembled the shape of the fourth

letter of their alphabet lies 17m (57ft)

above sea level Here the Nile once

split into several channels before

emerging into the Mediteranean Sea

of these only two new remain.