The Nile River is the longest river in the world (it is 4,258 miles long). It is in north east Africa. Did you know that the Nile has two different tributaries, the Blue Nile and the White Nile? The Ancient Egyptian civilization grew around the Nile River.  Herodotus wrote that Egypt is the gift of the Nile. The sun god Ra rose on the east  and set on the west side of the river. So the ancient Egyptians thought that the East was the side of birth and growth and the West was the side of death. They thought that after death the river Nile carried people into the after life. All ancient tombs were on the West of the river.

The Nile has so much water that 11 different country’s share some of it’s water.  The Nile empties in the Mediterranean  Sea.  Did you know that in southern Egypt there was a big dam to control the flow of the Nile, it was called the Aswan dam. Only 22% of the Nile river goes through Egypt. Brazilians and Egyptians argue on which river is bigger the Nile River or the Amazon River. Right now the Amazon River is the world seconds largest River at 4,000 miles.  Some of the animals that live in the Nile are

1. The Nile crocodile’s and other reptiles like the monitor lizards.

2. Birds that like the water.

3. Over 100 different types of fish.

4. Hippopotamuses.

5. Rhino’s.