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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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Previous research by the Oued Beht Archaeological Project had already brought to light what is likely the earliest and largest agricultural complex ever discovered in Africa outside the Nile Valley.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 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

Milo had never dreamed that the Nile Valley could be so fertile or that there would be no market at all for the crop he had bought.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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