Geographical Qualities Of River Valley Civilization

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The River Valley civilization, Egypt, has many similar geographical qualities to the Indus Valley, China, and Mesopotamia, but there is one quality that makes it unique. The geographical quality is that it has a River that stretches from the top of Egypt to the bottom of Egypt and flows North instead of South. This unique river is the Nile River. Even though the other River Valley civilizations have rivers the Nile River gives them more resources and it very unique because of the way the water flows. This river is so important to Egypt that it even helped shape their society. This is because the Nile provides Egypt with so many natural resources. For instance, the river provided fish, transportation, trade, silt and papyrus. Since the Nile