Climate+and+Geography

__ Climate and Geographic Factors: __ The Egyptians thought of the country as two different lands the “black land” and the “red land.” Red Land: The barren deserts that separated Egypt from other countries, and helped protect the Egyptians from tribes or peoples from invading their territory. The desert also holds many valuable metals and stones. Black Land: The land along side the Nile River. This area was easy to grow crops on because of the Nile flooding every year leaving fertile black silt.

The desert was and is filled with many cliffs, mountains, sinking sands, and sand dunes that were and are lethal to travel across.

The average temperature nowadays in Egypt in the summer can range from 7 C at night up to 43 C, and the winter can range from 0 C at night to 18 C during the day.