What Is Ancient Egypt's Geography

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Egypt has a wonderful geography. It was located in North-eastern Africa. The Nile River was inside of it, and flowed from south to north. Egypt had many mountains, and many desserts. The land bordering the Nile, however was fertile because the river flooded in Akhet, which was one of their seasons. The Nile river opened out into the mediterranean sea. The egyptians also had The Red Sea in their territory. Egypt was divided into two parts, Lower egypt, and Upper Egypt. However, if you look on a map, Lower Egypt was above Upper Egypt. They named it that because the land in Upper Egypt was taller than the land in Lower Egypt.

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