The whole country totally depends on the Nile River for its supply of water. Other than the river, the country is covered with desert and oasis.
Nile River is claimed and disputed as the longest river in the planet with a length of 6,650 km.
The river is the reason civilization started in ancient Egypt. Every year, due to natural cycle, the river flooded and deposited silt across the region on which the Egyptian people grew crops.
The silt was very fertile and the Egyptians used to grow three crops annually.
