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What is the Fourth cataract of the Nile? |
Travel Info What is the Fourth cataract of the Nile? Travel Tips The Fourth Cataract is in the Manasir Desert and will be flooded by the Merowe Dam from 2006 onwards (18.91掳 N 32.36掳 E) Others The six primary cataracts of the Nile are shallow stretches between Aswan and Khartoum where the water's surface is broken by numerous small boulders and stones lying on the river bed, as well as many small rocky islets. In some places, these stretches are punctuated by whitewater and are perhaps well characterized as rapids, while in others the water flow is smoother. The six primary cataracts of the Nile were the main obstacles for boats sailing on the Nile in antiquity. Counted upstream, the First Cataract is in modern Egypt; the rest are in Sudan. The First Cataract is near Aswan (24.078掳 N 32.878掳 E) The Second Cataract (or Great Cataract) was in Nubia and is now submerged in Lake Nasser (21.48掳 N 30.97掳 E) The Third Cataract is around Tombos / Hannek (19.76掳 N 30.37掳 E) The Fourth Cataract is in the Manasir Desert and will be flooded by the Merowe Dam from 2006 onwards (18.91掳 N 32.36掳 E) The Fifth Cataract is near the confluence with the Atbara River (17.677掳 N 33.970掳 E) The Sixth Cataract is where the Nile cuts through the Sabaluka pluton near Bagrawiyah (16.88掳 N 33.66掳 E) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cataracts_o... red wine been in the book again tell the person to go look in wikipedia, much easier than cut and paste, no aswer to this in wick,If the Egyptians were so clever, how come Lower Egypt is in the north and upper Egypt is in the south? so teeeee i knew the answer, so go to wick gives you loads of answers to what you need to know, from what ant is in the desert to when where the pyramids built,saves losing 5 points aswell,best answers are always in wick on history etc. and rose no more flags, or I start here not three |
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