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Wednesday, July 2, 2008/8:30 PM
My Reflections
I truly enjoyed the process of making the geography blog, as it is a new experience for me. Seeing the picturesque view of the Nile River, it has added more knowledge of Nile River, once which was just a mere river to me. While I was doing the blog, I persisted and practiced metacognition. Metacognition was really important as it was a need to think in depth as not all the information was from the internet. I've come across with a "map" of the Nile River, which was formed by clouds. Geography is truly amazing. Many thanks to all the geography teachers who have come up with the idea and realize it. If there is ever a chance, I would really want to embark on this project again.

Once again, thank you teachers! :D

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Monday, June 30, 2008/12:32 AM
Social Background of the Nile River
Myth of the Nile River

The original form of the myth states that Osiris was killed by a wooden sarcophagus secretly being made to his measurements by Set, who was jealous of Osiris's positon as king, and so plotted to kill him and take his place. A party had been held where the coffin was offered to whomever could fit inside. A few people tried to fit in, but to no avail. Osiris was encouraged to try, but as soon as he lay back, the lid slammed on him and was locked. It was then sealed with lead and thrown into the Nile.


Upon hearing that Osiris was gone, Isis set out to look for him. She later learned that the coffin had floated down the Nile river up to the coast of Byblos (now in modern day Lebanon) and got embedded in the trunk of a cedar tree. She also learned that the cedar tree had been taken and used as a pillar to support a palace for the king of Byblos.


After explaining the situation to the queen of Byblos and getting her permission, she managed to extract the coffin without harming the palace and took Osiris' body out into the desert and buried him back in Egypt.

Again, Set found Osiris' coffin, took his body out, and dismembered him into 13 parts, scattering them across the land of Egypt. Each part represented one of the 13 full moons seen each year (there are roughly 13 lunar months per year).

Once again Isis set out to look for the pieces and she was able to find and put together 12 of the 13 parts, but was unable to find the 13th, which was eaten by the oxyrhunchus fish (a fish with an unusual curved snout resembling depictions of Set). Instead, she fashioned a phallus out of gold and sang a song around Osiris until he came back to life.

Osiris was resurrected. So it was that Isis conceived Horus. Due to this experience, Osiris became Lord of the Dead, and the Afterlife.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_Osiris_and_Isis
Source: Osiris

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Saturday, June 28, 2008/9:05 PM
Uses of the Nile River
Uses Of the Nile River

It was the main source of water which helped them to cultivate crops such as rice, maize and wheat and helped agriculture flourish. Since the Nile was the main source of water, it also attracted animals such as buffalo and camels that could be used for their meat as well as their skin and also for farming purposes. They were also used for travel from one place to the other; the Egyptians later began using the Nile as a source of transport. It also played a significant part in the development of the barter system when villages along the Nile traded their produce. In terms of religion and spirituality the Egyptians created a God that would ensure the abundance of the Nile River.




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Monday, June 9, 2008/6:13 AM
Description of the Nile River
The Nile River

is the longest river in the world. From its major source, Lake Victoria in east central Africa, the White Nile flows generally north through Uganda and into Sudan where it meets the Blue Nile at Khartoum, which rises in the Ethiopian highlands. From the confluence of the White and Blue Nile, the river continues to flow northwards into Egypt and on to the Mediterranean Sea. From Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean Sea the length of the Nile is 5584 km (3470 mi). From its remotest headstream, the Ruvyironza River in Burundi, the river is 6671 km (4145 mi) long. The river basin has an area of more than 3,349,000 sq km (1,293,049 sq mi).


Source: Lake Victoria

The White Nile

The Ruvyironza, regarded as the ultimate source of the Nile, is one of the upper branches of the Kagera River. The Kagera follows the boundary of Rwanda northward, turns where the borders of Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania meet, and drains into Lake Victoria. On leaving Lake Victoria at the site of the now-submerged Owen Falls, the Nile rushes for 483 km (300 mi) over rapids and cataracts, at first northwest and then west, until it enters Lake Albert. The section between the two lakes is called the Victoria Nile. The river leaves the northern end of Lake Albert as the Albert Nile, flows through northern Uganda, and at the Sudan border becomes the Bahr al Jabal. At its junction with the Bahr al Ghazal, the river becomes the Bahr al Abyad, or the White Nile. Various tributaries flow through the Bahr al Ghazal district. At Khartoum the White Nile is joined by the Blue Nile, or Bahr al Azraq. These are so named because of the colour of the water.


Source: White Nile


The Blue Nile

The Blue Nile (in Arabic the Al Bahr al-Azraq), 1529 km (950 mi) long, gathers its volume mainly from Lake T’ana, in the Ethiopian Highlands; it is known here as the Abbai. The Blue Nile rises at a spring site upstream of Lake Tana in Ethiopia, 2,150 m (7,054 ft) above sea level. The river flows west then north until it eventually meets the White Nile at Khartoum. A length of 800 km/500 mi is navigable during high water times. Some 80% of Sudan's electricity is provided by hydroelectric schemes at Roseires and Sennar, and these dams provide irrigation water for over 10,000 sq km/3,860 sq mi of the Gezira Plain.


Source: Blue Nile Falls

The Main Nile

From Khartoum the Nile flows northeast. 322 km (200 mi) below Khartoum it is joined by the ‘Atbarah River. The black sediment brought down by the 'Atbarah and Blue Nile Rivers used to settle in the Nile delta making it very fertile. This process historically occurred during the annual flooding of the Nile in the summer months. However, the opening of the Aswan High Dam in the early 1970s allowed for control of the flooding and reduced sediment deposits in the river as these now settle in Lake Nasser. During its course from the confluence of the ‘Atbarah through the Nubian Desert, the river makes two deep bends. From Khartoum to Aswan there are six cataracts. The Nile is navigable to the second cataract, a distance of 1,545 km (960 mi). The delta of the Nile is 190 km (120 mi) wide. The water level behind the Aswan Dam fell from 170 m (558 ft) in 1979 to 150 m (492 ft) in 1988, threatening Egypt's hydroelectric power generation.


Source: Aswan High Dam



Source: http://ensap.nilebasin.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=58&Itemid=76

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/2:35 AM
Location of the Nile River
The Nile River is located in Egypt.

THE NILE RIVER MAP


Source: http://www.clarion-call.org/yeshua/feasts/passover/nilemap.gif

The Nile River


Source: http://www.egyptiantravel.com/images/nile.JPG

The Nile River "Map"



Source: http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/images/map-of-nile-river.jpg

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