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The 5 Themes of Geography for Egypt. BY : Rachel Lindquist, Kit Linger, Ryan Zink, Michael Purdon, and Raina Rindani. Location.
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The 5 Themes of Geography for Egypt BY: Rachel Lindquist, Kit Linger, Ryan Zink, Michael Purdon, and Raina Rindani
Location The location of Egypt is 30 Degrees N, 30 degrees E. That is also the location exact of one the tips of the three pyramids. The continent that Egypt is in is Africa. Egypt is in the north-eastern hemisphere. The countries that border Egypt are Libya, Chad, Sudan and Israel. Egypt is south of the Mediterranean sea and is bordered by the Red Sea. Those are the locations of Egypt.
Region Egypt is located in Africa. The Egyptians speak Arabic. Egypt has many customs. One is when invited to another person’s house, salting food is rude and asking for seconds is a compliment. The population of Egypt is 82,999,393. The Egyptian religion is Muslim. Egypt has the Nile River running through it.
Human-Environment Interaction Humans have affected Egypt’s environment in both positive and negative ways. The Egyptian environment consists of deserts, dry land and the River Nile. Some ways humans have adapted include farming and irrigating land along the Nile. Humans depend on the river as it is their source of water used for bathing, cooking, drinking and irrigation. It also provides them fish to eat. Humans have modified the land by dumping their sewage into the water, and have caused severe pollution. The Egyptians had built the Aswan Dam in the 1960’s to prevent the annual flooding of the Nile River. But after the completion of the dam, the soil was lacking essential nutrients causing people to use fertilizers spreading harmful chemicals.
Description of place The landforms in Egypt are Deserts such as The Blue Desert, The Eastern Desert, Rivers such as The Nile River, Seas such as the Mediterrainian sea, and The Red Sea. The Climate is hot and dry. The Land is used for farming and lots of other stuff. The population is 80,999,393 people.
Egyptian Movement Egypt imports corn, phones and weapons from the US . Egypt exports natural gas, cement, cotton and fertilizer. Egyptians travel using boats, automobiles, rail roads and a subway. They communicate using newspapers, mail, radio’s, TV’s, phones and the Internet (NILE ONLINE). They dress in dress’s and robes and use kohl eyeliner.
Bibliography fcps.edu worldatlas.com kwintessential.com umich.edu historyforkids.org kent.sch.uk