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Has profoundly influenced patterns of human settlement. The nile river is egypts lifeblood. People here cling to its path through the desert and cluster in its broad delta. Our case explores human modification of the environment as humans harness the mighty nile through projects like the aswan dam, lake nasser and the new toshka canal; the move from subsistence to commercial agriculture; and how an expanding population in the nile river delta is encroaching on the areas remaining precious farmland. From space, the earth can seem an abstract pattern of color and shape, but as we look closer, environmental processes come into view. Here the rain of eastcentral africa collects in the giant lake victoria. Its waters drain to the north, giving rise o of the worlds great rirs, the nile descending from the african highlands, the nile winds through one of earths most arid landscapes. Coursing through the vast desert of Northern Africa, the waters of the nile nourish a ribbon of green across th

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