Quarterly journal . FELUCCAS—NILE, THE FAR-SPREAD1\(; NILE Courtesy of tlie Esrypt Exploration i. iRRi[;Ari()\: liv nwi) LAi;oK-rHK suaduk rnderuooil arul Lndcrwooil The Remaking of Egypt 247 stream, swelling with the snows of the Abyssinian Mountains. *The rise would begin in Egypt late in June, increase thruoutJuly, and begin to subside in October, leaving a layer of Nilemud, of which there has now accumulated a deposit of fromthirty to forty feet. The inundation is due to the rainfall in the Lake Nyanzaand Abyssinian countries. Thus, September to Novemberwould mark flood tide when So
Quarterly journal . FELUCCAS—NILE, THE FAR-SPREAD1\(; NILE Courtesy of tlie Esrypt Exploration i. iRRi[;Ari()\: liv nwi) LAi;oK-rHK suaduk rnderuooil arul Lndcrwooil The Remaking of Egypt 247 stream, swelling with the snows of the Abyssinian Mountains. *The rise would begin in Egypt late in June, increase thruoutJuly, and begin to subside in October, leaving a layer of Nilemud, of which there has now accumulated a deposit of fromthirty to forty feet. The inundation is due to the rainfall in the Lake Nyanzaand Abyssinian countries. Thus, September to Novemberwould mark flood tide when Sobat, Blue Nile and Atbara, theAbyssinian Mountain streams, are at their highest. White Nilefrom Lake Victoria is the standby for the rest of the feet maximum means famine; 25 feet, inadequate; 26to 28, adequate; above 28 feet, disaster. After all deposits incourse, all shrinkage due to evaporation and other sources, 65,-000,000,000 cubic metres of water, it is estimated, and 36,600,000tons of earth enter the Mediterranean each year. The seven out-lets of the Delta have become reduced to two
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