Egypt - Glossary of key terms

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Important Dam opened in Egypt in 1970 to control flooding and provide water all year round
The capital of Egypt
An area of deposited silt at the mouth of a river
artificial watering of the the land
A long Egyptian robe made from cotton
Less Economically Developed Country
the movement of people from the countryisde to the city
Irrigation device with a wheel and buckets - as the wheel turnsm buckets empty water into an irrigation channel
Irrigation device - a long pole with a bucked on one end and a heavy weight on the other (weight allows the full bucket to be swung round to the irrigation channel)
An area of very poor housing, lacking electricity, water supply and sewage system
fine soil left after a river floods