What are the coordinates of the Nile Delta?
Q: What are the coordinates of the Nile Delta?
A: The coordinates of the Nile Delta are 30°54′N 31°7′E.
Q: What is the Nile Delta?
A: The Nile Delta is the delta formed in Northern Egypt (Lower Egypt) where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea.
Q: How large is the Nile Delta?
A: The Nile Delta is one of the world's largest river deltas and covers some 240 km of Mediterranean coastline.
Q: What is the length of the delta from north to south?
A: From north to south, the delta is approximately 160 km in length.
Q: Where does the delta begin?
A: The Delta begins slightly down-river from Cairo.
Q: Why is the delta shrinking?
A: The delta is shrinking because the dams at Aswan farther upstream on the Nile have stopped further addition of the silt that built the delta in past centuries.
Q: What can be found in the Nile Delta?
A: The Nile Delta is a rich agricultural region.
