Nile River

About: Nile River, rightly called the ‘father of African rivers’, extends up to 4184 miles across north-eastern Africa, crossing Egypt and finally draining into the Mediterranean Sea. The transcontinental country, Egypt is closely related to the River Nile as it has served its people since the Stone Age. The significance of Nile was also stated by Greek historian Herodotus when he noted Egypt as ‘the gift of the Nile’. Nile is a major boon not only because of its equatorial rains, but also as a means of adventure, agriculture, transportation, etc. for the Egyptian population. The Egyptians believed River Nile to be the centre point of the world and also the place where the world really began. The longest river in the world, Nile, has endured for ages by spreading across the dessert and waterlogged marshes and overflowing into the jungle marshlands. Truly considered as the ‘lifeline of the Egyptian civilization’, Nile houses most of the Egyptian population along its shores. For more interesting facts about River Nile, the backbone of Egypt, scroll further.