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Nile Valley

American  
[nahyl val-ee] / ˈnaɪl ˈvæl i /

noun

  1. the area of northeastern Africa surrounding the Nile River and its watershed, including parts of Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, and Kenya.


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That research documented how shifts in climate and environment have shaped the Egyptian Nile Valley over the past 11,500 years.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2026

Tomato production and distribution in different reaches of the Nile Valley had been affected even before the completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1970.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

A DNA bone test on a man who lived 4,500 years ago in the Nile Valley has shed new light on the rise of the Ancient Egyptian civilisation.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

My research focuses on finding strategies to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change and sea-level rise in the Nile Valley.

From Scientific American • Nov. 16, 2022

Any reader steeped in the history of Western civilization would be forgiven for assuming that African food production began in ancient Egypt’s Nile Valley, land of the pharaohs and pyramids.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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