Volume 1

Egyptian irrigation / by Sir W. Willcocks and J.I. Craig.

  • William Willcocks
Date:
1913
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Credit: Egyptian irrigation / by Sir W. Willcocks and J.I. Craig. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS VOLUME 1. LIST OF PLATES . PREFACE . INTRODUCTION . PAGE ix XV xvii CHAPTER I. GENERA L. I. Geology of the Nile Valley south of Khartoum.—2. Geology of the Nile Valley in the Northern Sudan.—3. Geology of the Nile Valley in Egypt.—4. Geology of the Fayum and the Wadi Rayan.—5. Meteorology of Egypt.—6. Meteorology of the Upper Basin of the Nile.—7. Soil of Egypt.—8. Soil of the Sudan.—9. Nile Water.—10. Ground Water and Drainage Water.—ii. Evaporation and Absorption.—12. Move- ments of Ground Water.—13. Areas of Land under Basins and perennially irrigated.— 14. Principal Crops, Trees, and Animals. —15. Land Proprietors.—16. Population.— 17. Railways, Roads, and Navigation.—18. Imports and Exports. —19. Revenue, Expenditure, and Debt ......... r CHAPTER II. THE NILE. 20. Introduction.—21. Nomenclature.—22. Description of the Course of the Nile.—23. Catchment Basin of the Nile.—24. Slopes and Velocities of the Nile in its different Reaches.—25. The recorded Nile Gauges.—26. Discharge Tables of the Nile Gauges. —27. Discharge of the Nile and its Tributaries.—28. General . . . 129 CHAPTER III. THE NILE IN DETAIL. 29. Lake Victoria Nyanza.—30. The Victoria Nile.—31. Lake Albert Nyanza.—32. The Albert Nile.—33. The Zeraf River.—34. The Gazelle River.—-35. The Sobat River. —36. The Sudd Region.—37. The White Nile.—38. The Blue Nile.—39. The Atbara.—40. The Nile from Khartoum to Aswan.—41. The Nile from Aswan to the Delta Barrage.—42. The Rosetta and Damietta Branches .... 238
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