The Nile river is the longest river in the world. The Nile river is made up of two rivers the White Nile and the Blue Nile. These rivers meet in Sudan and then go on on their large journey. The white Nile is a lot bigger then the Blue Nile..
Egypt was blessed by the Nile in many different ways. Because of the Nile Egypt became one of the great cradles of world civilization. The Nile provided the people that moved to it's valley in the year 5000 BC water to drink, irrigation water, farming opportunity, fish and waterfowl for food, papyrus reeds grew on the banks of the Nile and they were used for boats and for houses. these reeds also allowed the ancient Egyptians to make paper on which to write important documents. The Nile River was guarded by desert on either side of it and that offered protection. In ancient Egypt the Nile would flood yearly covering up the farmlands. This would make the land very fertile for farming, thus improving Egypt's agriculture. But the Aswan high dam stopped the great river from flooding each year.