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Title: Egypt


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Standing in stark contrast to the surrounding
desert, vegetation lines the fertile Nile River
valley as it runs northward through Egypt. The
city of Cairo is a gray smudge visible where the
river widens into its fan-shaped delta.
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The temple of Ramses II (far right) at Abu Simbel
overlooks the Nile River. Two days of the year
sunlight pierces the entrance at dawn. Ancient
engineers oriented the temple to ensure this
occurrence.
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  • A tourist boat silhouetted against the setting
    sun ferries its passengers down the Nile. The
    thin green corridor of the Nile Valley is a mere
    7.5 percent of Egypt's land. The contrasting
    green and umber of the Egyptian landscape forms a
    sharp line between fertile earth and parched
    desert. "The gift of the Nilethat's what the
    ancients called this country," said a local man.

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