Which river flows through the city of Cairo, Illinois?
Posted by Fahad Majidi on
January 28, 2010
The Ohio River flows through the city of Cairo in Illinois. It flows through 6 states and has many tributaries. It is a tributary of the river Mississippi. It is used for trading purposes and also to transport people and goods. It also signifies the separation of states that indulged in slave trade and those propagated banning of the same. Many slaves used it to seek escape.
The Ohio River is not very deep and so its height iso be raised with the help of dams to facilitate the movement of commercial ships that need deeper waters. Its depth varies from a low of about six meters at its mouth to a high of more than fifty meters. The Ohio River has been of importance to the people of America from the time when the natives lived there till today. The European empires staked claim to this river for its benefits. The river has rapids that form a fall to a depth of up to eight meters.
tags: Cairo, Illinois, Ohio River, Pennsylvania, Virginia
No Comments
Which river flows through the city of Cairo, Egypt?
Posted by Fahad Majidi on
January 27, 2010
The river Nile flows through the city of Cairo, Egypt. It is considered to be the river that runs the longest in the entire world. The recorded distance is more than 4100 miles. It has two major tributaries; the Blue Nile and the White Nile. The Blue Nile contributes to the fertility of the Nile and the White Nile runs longer than the former. The river flows through 4 important cities in 10 different countries making it a very important water body for Africa. Many civilizations has flourished because of the fertility of the river. Source of the White Nile is Lake Victoria, while Blue Nile has it source in Lake Tana in the Ethiopian Highlands.
The river has been widely used for transportation of goods, hence it served for the shine ofcommercial activities and especially Egyptian civilization. It benefited the animals, the crops and the people. It has been the backbone of agriculture and trade since time immemorial. Today the Nile has visitors from all over the world who can experience a cruise in some of the modern or ancient cruise liner.