The physiography of the river Nile and is basin . > UJ _1 UJ _1 UJ Ih- t/303O KO < CO zo HOUJ m s 9£. s I i Ml XH ri^cr \ > ^ i V* Li - ;5i:^ - Tlin)u-hnut almost the whole of its course the Nile in E^fypt flowsOR the eastern side of its valley and while the earths rotation hasplayed its part in deflectin<^ the stream to the rif^ht, the action ofthe wind has probably been still greater. At low stage the river lieswell Avithin its bed and but little erosion of the banks takes place, i)utat flood this proceeds rai)idly and at this season, July, August, Sep-tember, the wind has a mark
The physiography of the river Nile and is basin . > UJ _1 UJ _1 UJ Ih- t/303O KO < CO zo HOUJ m s 9£. s I i Ml XH ri^cr \ > ^ i V* Li - ;5i:^ - Tlin)u-hnut almost the whole of its course the Nile in E^fypt flowsOR the eastern side of its valley and while the earths rotation hasplayed its part in deflectin<^ the stream to the rif^ht, the action ofthe wind has probably been still greater. At low stage the river lieswell Avithin its bed and but little erosion of the banks takes place, i)utat flood this proceeds rai)idly and at this season, July, August, Sep-tember, the wind has a marked westerly component which drives thewater on to the right or eastern bank. The Nile like every other river that has formed alluvial flood-plainsWorks from side to side of its valley as above described and has leftclear traces of its action on either side, but it is not necessary toconclude from this that in early times the river filled the whole valley.*The deposits of Nile mud containing shells of species now living in theNile lie above the present Nile level, 30 metres near Wadi Haifa, and
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