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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Example Sentences

The Nile Valley’s hot, dry climate is advantageous for growing wonderfully flavorful tomatoes but disadvantageous for harvesting them, given their extreme perishability once picked.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

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

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

Research published in Nature Geoscience reveals a major shift in the Nile around four thousand years ago, after which the floodplain in the Nile Valley around Luxor greatly expanded.

From Science Daily