This image of the northern portion of the Nile River was captured
by MISR's nadir camera on January 30, 2001 (Terra orbit 5956).
The Nile is the longest river in the world, extending for about
6700 kilometers from its headwaters in the highlands of eastern
Africa.
At the apex of the fertile Nile River Delta is the Egyptian
capital city of Cairo. To the west are the Great Pyramids of Giza.
North of here the Nile branches into two distributaries, the
Rosetta to the west and the Damietta to the east.
Also visible in this image is the Suez Canal, a shipping waterway
connecting Port Said on the Mediterranean Sea with the Gulf of Suez.
The Gulf is an arm of the Red Sea, and is located on the righthand
side of the picture.
Image credit: NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team.
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