Nile Delta

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The Nile Delta is the broad, fertile, fan-shaped region in northern Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea.

All labels observed (28)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
river delta ⓘ
affectedBy Aswan High Dam ⓘ
agriculturalRegion yes ⓘ
biodiversity important wetland habitats ⓘ
characteristic broad ⓘ
fertile ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
coastlineFeature lagoons ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
contains Mansoura ⓘ
Rosetta ⓘ
Tanta ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
countryCapitalNearby Cairo ⓘ
countrySubdivision governorates of Egypt ⓘ
drainsInto Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
easternBoundary Port Said ⓘ
formedBy sediment deposition of the Nile River ⓘ
hemisphere Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
largestCity Alexandria ⓘ
Damietta ⓘ
Port Said ⓘ
locatedIn Africa ⓘ
northern Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Lower Egypt
majorBranch Damietta branch of the Nile ⓘ
Rosetta branch of the Nile ⓘ
majorCrops cotton ⓘ
fruits ⓘ
maize ⓘ
rice ⓘ
vegetables ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
mouthOf Nile River ⓘ
linked to: Nile
partOf Lower Egypt ⓘ
populationDensity high ⓘ
regionType alluvial plain ⓘ
river Nile River ⓘ
linked to: Nile
seaBoundary Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
sedimentLoadReducedBy Aswan High Dam ⓘ
shape fan-shaped ⓘ
threatenedBy coastal erosion ⓘ
saltwater intrusion ⓘ
sea level rise ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
usedFor intensive agriculture ⓘ
westernBoundary Alexandria ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (399)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Byzantine Egypt → contains → Nile Delta ⓘ
Battle of Abukir (1799) → region → Nile Delta ⓘ
Egyptian Arabic → primaryRegion → Nile Delta ⓘ
Red Crown → associatedRegion → Nile Delta ⓘ
Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa → locatedOn → Mediterranean coast of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Nile Delta
Alexandria Governorate → locatedOn → Nile Delta ⓘ
Deshret → associatedWithRegion → Nile Delta ⓘ
Sais → locatedIn → Nile Delta ⓘ
Ta-Mehu → locatedIn → Nile Delta ⓘ
Ta-Mehu → hasGeographicalFeature → Nile Delta ⓘ
Ramses Station, Cairo → locatedIn → Nile Delta region ⓘ
linked to: Nile Delta
Alexandria Misr Station → locatedIn → Nile Delta region ⓘ
linked to: Nile Delta
Cairo–Port Said line → locatedIn → Nile Delta ⓘ
Mit Abu al-Kum → locatedIn → Nile Delta ⓘ
Mit Abu al-Kum → geographicRegion → Nile Delta ⓘ
Bubastis → locatedIn → Nile Delta ⓘ
Bubastis → region → eastern Nile Delta ⓘ
linked to: Nile Delta
Damanhur, Egypt → locatedInRegion → Nile Delta ⓘ
Damanhur, Egypt → historicalRegion → Nile Delta ⓘ
Nile Valley → hasPart → Nile Delta ⓘ
Damietta → locatedIn → Nile Delta ⓘ
Damietta → locatedOn → Damietta branch of the Nile ⓘ
linked to: Nile Delta
Damietta → historicalRegion → Nile Delta ⓘ
Damietta → hasMouthOf → Damietta branch of the Nile ⓘ
linked to: Nile Delta
Pelusium → locatedIn → eastern Nile Delta ⓘ
linked to: Nile Delta
Giza Governorate → partOfRegion → Nile Delta region (administrative definition) ⓘ
linked to: Nile Delta
Tanta → locatedInRegion → Nile Delta ⓘ
Tanta → isTransportationHubOf → Nile Delta ⓘ
Nitria → locatedIn → Western Nile Delta region ⓘ
linked to: Nile Delta
Kellia → locatedIn → Nile Delta region ⓘ
linked to: Nile Delta
Zagazig → locatedIn → Nile Delta ⓘ
Zagazig → locatedOnRiver → Nile Delta irrigation canals ⓘ
linked to: Nile Delta
Zagazig → region → Nile Delta ⓘ
Mansoura → locatedIn → Nile Delta ⓘ
Egyptology → geographicFocus → Nile Delta ⓘ
Lord of Djedu → cultCenterRegion → Nile Delta ⓘ
Northeast Africa → contains → Nile Delta ⓘ
Canopus → locatedIn → Nile Delta ⓘ
Busiris → locatedIn → Nile Delta ⓘ
Busiris → locatedInGeographicFeature → Nile Delta floodplain ⓘ
linked to: Nile Delta
Behbeit el-Hagar → locatedIn → Nile Delta ⓘ
Alexandria, Egypt → partOf → Nile Delta ⓘ