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Science vocab lunch
Term | Definition |
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Silt | A mixture of tiny bits of soil and rock carried and deposited by a river. |
delta | The flat, fan shaped land made of silt and deposited at the mouth of a river. |
irrigation | The watering of dry land by means of canals and pipes. |
Nile River | The Nile River wound it's way through a vast desert and was used for water and mainly farming and irrigation. |
Lower Egypt | Lower Egypt is lower or down stream of the Nile River. |
Upper Egypt | Upper Egypt is towards the South of the river. The Nile river cuts through some stone cliffs and desert sand. |