Alexandria University English Proficiency Test
AUEPT
SECTION 1.1
READING:
A. Read the following text, the choose the correct answer (15 marks):
Another essential function of water is that it is vital. Between 55 and 60 per cent of the adult body is
made of it and every living cell needs it to keep functioning. In normal conditions, the human body can
only survive three or four days without water. We need water to stay alive, yet there are billions of
people all over the world who do not have access to safe drinking water.
The first World Water Day was celebrated in 1993. It was first proposed at the United Nations (UN)
conference on environment and development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and has been celebrated
annually on 22 March since then. Every year the UN releases its World Water Development Report on
or around this date. Each year has a different theme, looking at things like the role of clean water in the
world of work, ways to stop wasting water, finding ways to supply water to underprivileged groups and
so on.
Clean drinking water is fundamental, but it is also vital for sanitation and hygiene. It is estimated that
more than 700 children under the age of seven die every day from illnesses linked to unsafe water and
poor sanitation. The right to water and sanitation was recognised as a human right by the UN General
Assembly in 2010. However, there are still at least 2.1 billion people around the world who live without
safe water in their homes. These include rural communities, people who have been displaced due to
war and local conflicts and areas where climate change is making water more and more scarce.
Apart from the obvious health issues, a lack of accessible clean water means that people – often women
and children – spend hours every day walking to and from distant water supplies. This means they don’t
have time to dedicate to work, studies and other domestic duties. The search for water becomes their
main occupation, and people who are not able to walk to get their own water are particularly vulnerable.
For many people, access to water has become increasingly difficult due to increased demand for a finite
resource. According to figures released by the UN, around 4 billion people – nearly two-thirds of the
world's population – experience severe water scarcity during at least one month of the year. It is
believed that by 2030 as many as 700 million people worldwide could be displaced by intense water
scarcity.
There are many charities working on creating sustainable supplies of clean water at a grass-roots level
for different communities around the world, and this important work needs to continue and to expand.
But the fundamental problem of increasing demand for a limited resource can only be addressed by
more efficient use of water, especially in industry and agriculture. Waste-water recycling, capturing
rainwater, more efficient irrigation techniques and reforestation are all examples of how water can be
used more efficiently.
As individuals, what we can do to help is support charities, raise awareness, take part in the World Water
Day events that are happening all around the world and, of course, be careful with how we use water in
our own lives. The UN World Water Day website render lots of advices and suggestions to achieve this.
1. The paragraph before this text may discuss
a. water composition.
b. different role(s) of water.
c. where water comes from.
d. how water falls from the sky.
2. The word 'vital', paragraph 1 may mean:
a. accessible
b. unimportant
c. optional
d. crucial
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3. Paragraph 1 stated all of the following EXCEPT:
a. water is essential to be alive.
b. many people do not get enough water.
c. some people die because of drought.
d. water makes the body perform its functions.
10. The phrase domestic duties, paragraph 4 mean
a. school homework.
b. tasks related to home, house or family.
c. school-based activities.
d. both a. and b.
4. It can be inferred from paragraph 1 that:
a. man can live normally with water.
b. we cannot live for a week without water.
c. a week without water is safe for us.
d. a few people cannot safely access drinking.
11. Paragraph 4 states all of the following EXCEPT:
a. distant clean water affects studies and work.
b. women and children walk too much for water.
c. the search for water becomes an occupation.
d. that men suffer finding distant clean water.
5. The first ever celebration for water
a. is a World Water Development.
b. was rejected in Rio de Janeiro.
c. began in 1992.
d. is celebrated in March.
12. It can be inferred from paragraph 5 that
a. finding clean water is getting more difficult.
b. about 4 billion people can access clean water.
c. clean water will be available for everyone by2030.
d. finding clean water is increasing day by day.
6. Water became a human right in 2010 because
a. a lot of millions are still without safe water.
b. it is important for sanitation.
c. the UN General Assembly wanted to do this.
d. both a. and b.
13. The word 'efficient', paragraph 6, line 5, means
a. expensive.
b. cumulative.
c. effective.
e. wasteful.
7. The word 'These', paragraph 3, line 5 refers to
a. people.
b. homes.
c. illnesses.
d. conflicts.
14. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in
paragraph 6 as an example of using water more
efficiently?
a. reforestation.
b. waste-water recycling.
c. using clean energy.
d. capturing rainwater.
8. The word 'scarce' paragraph 3, line 6 may mean
a. polluted.
b. clean.
c. usual.
d. difficult/hard to get.
15. The tone of this text is best described as
a. outraged.
b. informative.
c. sarcastic.
d. biased.
9. It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that
a. lack of accessible clean water created jobs.
b. lack of clean water affects education.
c. people die as clean water supplies are distant.
d. all people can access clean water supplies.
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SECTION 1.1
READING:
B. Read the following text, the choose the correct answer (15 marks):
Despite the fact that chocolate is celebrated on the 7 th of July yearly, it was first used as a drink over
3,500 years ago in Central America. It was very popular with the Mayans and the Aztecs, who mixed
cocoa beans with vanilla or chilli peppers. In fact, cocoa beans were so important to them that they were
used as money. Cocoa was first grown in Ecuador, which was, for a long time, the world's number-one
producer of cocoa beans. It is still one of the top ten producers of the beans, but nowadays more than
70 percent of cocoa beans come from West Africa. In particular, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, are the leading
producers of cocoa in the 21st century.
Cocoa beans come from cocoa trees. These trees grow in tropical forests around the world, from South
America to Indonesia. The beans grow in colourful pods of red, yellow and purple. Inside the pods are
the beans. Each tree grows around 50 pods a year, and each pod can contain between 20 and 60 beans.
It takes around 100 beans to make 100 grams of chocolate. The pods are picked by hand to protect the
trees.
Once the pods are picked from the tree, they are opened, and the beans are taken out. The beans need
to go through a number of different processes before they are ready to be turned into chocolate. First,
the beans and the pulp are placed in special boxes, where they slowly ferment for up to five days. Here
the beans turn brown and start to develop their special flavour. They are then put out in the sun to dry
for approximately 14 days. After this, they are roasted for about 15 minutes in preparation for the final
stage, when the beans are taken out of their shells. At the end of this process, we are left with the cocoa
'nibs' – chocolate in its purest form and the basic ingredient for all chocolate products.
The first step is to grind the nibs by machine or between two large stones. This produces cocoa liquor, a
semi-solid paste. This is then cooked and mixed continuously for hours or even days until it is just right.
This is also the stage at which other ingredients are added: sugar, milk, nuts and various flavours.
Interestingly, chocolate melts at 34ºC. This not only explains why it can be so sticky and messy, but also
why it melts as soon as you put it in your mouth.
At this point the cocoa nibs are ready for the last stage in the journey. For the cocoa liquor to turn into
solid chocolate, it needs to be heated and cooled and heated again until it forms a solid mass. And so,
the preparation journey from bean to bar is complete. Chocolate bars are then ready for a new journey.
16. Most cocoa beans are recently grown in
a. Ecuador.
b. West Africa.
c. Ghana.
d. Indonesia.
19. Paragraph 2 implies
a. that cocoa beans grow in different colours.
b. the pods contain cocoa beans.
c. the pods have many colours.
d. both b. and c.
17. Paragraph 1 states that cocoa was
a. mixed with vanilla by the Central Americans.
b. exported to Ecuador and Africa.
c. both a. and b.
d. used as a drink in Central America so long ago.
20. Cocoa trees grow
a. near rivers.
b. on ordinary fields.
c. in the tropics.
d. on mountains.
18. The word 'they', paragraph 1, line 3 refers to
a. cocoa beans.
b. the Mayans and the Aztecs.
c. chilli peppers.
d. leading producers.
21. The fundamental form of chocolate is
a. cocoa nibs.
b. cocoa liquor.
c. cocoa paste.
d. cocoa beans.
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22. It is implied in the passage that drying the beans 27. It is implied in paragraph 5 that chocolate passes
a. is the beginning stage.
a. many heating stages
b. is the least important stage.
b. many cooling stages.
c. is the final stage.
c. both a. and b.
d. is the longest stage in the whole process.
d. none of them.
23. The chocolate beans are roasted for
a. a fortnight.
b. 15 minutes.
c. 5 hours.
d. half an hour.
28. Where in the text did the writer mention adding
the other ingredients to preparing chocolate?
a. paragraph 1, lines 1-3.
b. paragraph 3, lines 2-4.
c. paragraph 4, line 3.
d. paragraph 5, line 1.
24. The phrase 'this process', refers to
a. the drying process.
b. the fermenting process.
c. the grinding process.
d. the roasting process.
29. The tone of this text is
a. informational.
b. emotional.
c. hypnotic.
d. sarcastic.
25. It is implied in paragraph 4 that chocolate
30. The paragraph following this may discuss
a. is not easy to melt.
a. how cocoa is harvested.
b. melts on a very high temperature.
b. how cocoa is fermented.
c. melts at around the human body temperature.
c. how chocolate is cooled after being heated.
d. melts on a very low temperature.
d. what happens next to chocolate bars.
26. The word 'This', paragraph 4, line 3 refers to
a. chocolate.
b. cocoa liquor.
c. the grinding process.
d. the cooking process.
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SECTION 2
LISTENING:
A. Listen to the following extract, then choose the correct answer (10 marks):
31. This passage mainly discusses
a. the solar system.
b. some features of the sun.
c. the existence of the universe.
d. one of our solar system's planets.
36. This planet orbits the sun at …………. distance of
roughly 36 million miles.
a. a coverage
b. a wreckage
c. a breakage
d. an average
32. Mercury is …………. planet in our solar system.
a. middle-sized.
b. the large
c. the smallest
d. larger
37. Mercury's outermost atmosphere layer is ……….
a. called stratosphere.
b. called troposphere.
c. called exosphere.
d. not mentioned.
33. Its diameter measures about the ………….
a. the continental United states.
b. continents.
c. the United States.
d. the United States’ diameter.
38. This outer layer of atmosphere is made of
a. three elements.
b. two elements.
c. four elements.
d. five elements.
34. The hot iron core has cooled over its ………….
a. 4.5 million years.
b. 4.5 trillion years.
c. 4.5 thousand years.
d. 4.5 billion years.
39. Like all planets, Mercury travels in an ………. Orbit.
a. elliptical
b. celestial
c. critical
d. crucial
35. The planet shrinks ………. by more than four miles. 40. It revolves the sun every ……….
a. radically
a. eighty-eight years.
b. radially
b. eighty-eight months.
c. really
c. eighty-eight days.
d. fairly
d. eighty days.
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LISTENING
B. Listen to the following extract, then choose the correct answer (10 marks):
41. This passage mainly discusses
a. the influenza disease and its virus.
b. bacterial diseases.
c. both a. and b.
d. neither a. nor b.
46. Bacterial pneumonia causes death by ……….
a. RNA.
b. secondary infections.
c. organ failure.
d. high fever
42. It kills more than ………. In the U.S.
a. thirteen thousand people
b. thirty-six hundred
c. thirty-six thousand
d. thirty hundred people
47. The flu virus's ability to mutate makes it ……….
a. completely easy to eradicate.
b. easier to treat.
c. almost impossible to eradicate.
d. weaker
43. Hemagglutinin and Neuraminidase are ……….
a. two viruses that influenza virus kills.
b. two proteins that the influenza virus utilizes.
c. a couple of bacteria.
d. antibodies that kill the influenza virus.
48. Virus categories A, B, and C are ranked as ……….
a. A is the strongest, and C is the weakest.
b. C is the strongest, and A is the weakest.
c. having the same strength.
d. being similarly not very infectious.
44. The HA protein ……….
a. attacks the virus.
b. joins the virus to let it in the cell.
c. reinforces the cell.
d. strengthens the immune system.
49. ………. are all categorized as type A viruses.
a. Spanish Flu
b. Spanish Flu and Swine Flue
c. Covid-19 and Swine Flu
d. Avian Flu, Swine Flu and Spanish Flu
45. Once the flu virus is in the cell, it ……….
a. reinforces the cell.
b. remains the same.
c. dies.
d. multiplies.
50. Birds can cause ……….
a. Swine Flu.
b. Spanish Flue.
c. H1N1.
d. Avian Flu.
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SECTION 3
Vocabulary & Structure:
Read the following sentences carefully, then choose the correct answer:
51. Last June my brother ……… a house.
a. wanted to buy
b. wanted buying
c. liked to buy
d. liked buying
59. ………. at the moment, I'll go shopping.
a. For it doesn't rain
b. As it doesn't rain
c. For it's not raining
d. As it's not raining
52. ……… are very intelligent.
a. Both of them
b. Both them
c. both they
d. The both
60. In a shop ……… customers.
a. it is important pleasing
b. it is important to please
c. there is important pleasing
d. there is important to please
53. Don't leave you shoes on the table. ………
a. Put off them
b. Take them off
c. Pick them off
d. Pick up them
61. ……… in my class likes the teacher.
a. All persons
b. All students
c. Everyone
d. All people
54. Your bicycle shouldn't be in the house! ………
a. Take it out!
b. Get it out!
c. Put it off!
d. Take it away!
62. He's a good guitarist, but he plays the piano ………
a. quite well
b. too hardly
c. very good
d. much better
55. When you go shopping, bring me ………
a. a fruit tin
b. a fruits tin
c. a tin of fruit
d. a tin of fruits
63. The airport is five miles ………
a. away from here.
b. from here away.
c. far from here.
d. far away from here
56. Do you want another cake? No, thank you, ……… 64. There's something wrong with the table. I ………
a. I still have got some left.
a. feel it that's moving.
b. I've still got some left.
b. can touch its moves.
c. I still have some ones.
c. touch it moving.
d. I have still some ones.
d. can feel it moving.
57. The American film I saw was ………
a. not very fun.
b. not very funny.
c. not much funny.
d. not too much fun
65. I don't know where ………
a. the lavatory will be.
b. is the lavatory.
c. be the lavatory.
d. the lavatory is.
58. ……………… me ………………
a. Tell / what this is!
b. Say / what this is!
c. Tell / what is this!
d. Say / what is this!
66. Ben's already about ……… his father.
a. so tall than
b. as tall than
c. as tall as
d. so tall as
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67. I want to get a better ……… to earn more money. 75. I'll explain ……… you need to know in this report.
a. work
a. what
b. job
b. that
c. employ
c. which
d. employment
d. how
68. The piano was ……… heavy for us to carry.
a. far
b. much
c. so
d. too
76. She burst into tears when he spoke to her ………
a. sharp.
b. sharpness.
c. sharply.
d. sharpish
69. Despite playing under stress, he ……… win.
a. could
b. was able to
c. couldn't
d. wasn't able to
77. She had to do the shopping, ……… she?
a. didn't
b. hadn't
c. does
d. isn't
70. He daren't ……… his boss for a rise just now.
a. asking
b. be asking
c. to ask
d. ask
78. I'll hand over my files to her before I ………
a. am leaving.
b. leave.
c. will leave.
d. shall leave.
71. By the time my daughter graduates, ……… retired. 79. How long has the property ……… to your family?
a. I
a. belonged
b. I have
b. belonging
c. I'll being
c. belongs
d. I'll have
d. been belonging
72. Buy me a newspaper on your way back, ………
a. do you?
b. will you?
c. have you?
d. don't you?
80. It was so noisy that we ……… wear ear-protectors.
a. must
b. have to
c. should
d. had to
73. I suggest Ali ……… in touch with the organisers.
a. should get
b. to get
c. getting
d. should getting
81. Let's get the house cleared up before he ……….
a. is arriving.
b. arrives.
c. will arrive.
d. arrived
74. I think the government should ……… action.
a. to take
b. taking
c. take
d. have take
82. The bill had already been paid, so I ………. to do it.
a. hadn't
b. didn't need
c. needn't
d. haven't
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83. Only ……… research has been carried out in this
field.
a. a little
b. a few
c. few
d. not much
87. It's 4 p.m. Marc ……… have arrived in Bonn by
now.
a. would
b. can
c. should
d. ought
84. ……… anyone object, the plan will be reviewed.
a. If
b. Do
c. Should
d. Might
88. It is essential that all top security documents
……… be stamped 'CONFIDENTIAL'.
a. should
b. must
c. will
d. may
85. If Molly ……… to her guns, she'll probably get what
she wants.
a. will stick
b. would stick
c. stuck
d. sticks
89. We regret ……… you that you have exceeded
your overdraft facility.
a. to tell to
b. informing
c. to inform
d. telling
86. By December Tim ……… enough to buy a mountain
bike.
a. saves
b. will have saved
c. has saved
d. will be saving
90. The company's apology ……… regarded as an
exercise in damage limitation.
a. were
b. was
c. would
d. had
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SECTION 1.2
WRITING:
A. Read the following text, then answer the questions below (15 marks):
The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, and is the longest river in Africa and the
disputed longest river in the world, as the Brazilian government says that the Amazon River is longer
than the Nile. The Nile, which is about 6,650 km (4,130 mi) long, is an "international" river as its drainage
basin covers eleven countries: Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Republic of the Sudan, and Egypt. In particular, the Nile is
the primary water source of Egypt and Sudan.
The Nile has two major tributaries – the White Nile and the Blue Nile. The White Nile is considered
to be the headwaters and primary stream of the Nile itself. The Blue Nile, however, is the source of most
of the water, containing 80% of the water and silt. The White Nile is longer and rises in the Great
Lakes region of central Africa, with the most distant source still undetermined but located in either
Rwanda or Burundi. It flows north through Tanzania, Lake Victoria, Uganda and South Sudan. The Blue
Nile begins at Lake Tana in Ethiopia and flows into Sudan from the southeast. The two rivers meet just
north of the Sudanese capital of Khartoum.
The northern section of the river flows north almost entirely through the Sudanese desert to Egypt,
then ends in a large delta and flows into the Mediterranean Sea. Egyptian civilization and Sudanese
kingdoms have depended on the river since ancient times. Most of the population and cities of Egypt lie
along those parts of the Nile valley north of Aswan, and nearly all the cultural and historical sites
of Ancient Egypt are found along river banks.
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Answer Key:
Section 1.1
Reading:
1.
6.
11.
16.
21.
26.
b.
d.
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b.
a.
d.
2.
7.
12.
17.
22.
27.
d.
a.
a.
b.
d.
c.
3.
8.
13.
18.
23.
28.
c.
d.
c.
a.
b.
c.
4.
9.
14.
19.
24.
29.
b.
b.
c.
d.
d.
a.
5.
10.
15.
20.
25.
30.
d.
b.
b.
c.
c.
d.
d.
d.
a.
c.
32.
37.
42.
47.
c.
c.
c.
c.
33.
38.
43.
48.
a.
d.
b.
c.
34.
39.
44.
49.
d.
a.
b.
d.
35.
40.
45.
50.
b.
c.
d.
c.
52.
57.
62.
67.
72.
77.
82.
87.
a.
b.
d.
b.
b.
a.
b.
c.
53.
58.
63.
68.
73.
78.
83.
88.
b.
d.
a.
d.
a.
b.
a.
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54.
59.
64.
69.
74.
79.
84.
89.
a.
d.
d.
b.
c.
a.
c.
c.
55.
60.
65.
70.
75.
80.
85.
90.
c.
b.
c.
d.
a.
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d.
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Section 2
Listening:
31.
36.
41.
46.
Section 3:
Vocabulary & Structure:
51.
56.
61.
66.
71.
76.
81.
86.
a.
b.
c.
c.
d.
c.
b.
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Section 1.2
Writing:
1. The Nile as a river, its characteristics, specifications, location and its importance to the countries it
passes through in general, and for Egypt in specific.
2. The Nile / The Nile River, or any appropriate alternative is acceptable.
3. The writer wants to shed light on the Nile in general. The text mentions its length compared with the
Amazon. Then, it lists the countries it passes through from its beginning in Ethiopia till it flows finally
in the north of Egypt. Also, it clarifies its relationship with the White and the Blue Niles and how it
affected both of the Egyptian and Sudanese civilizations.
4. a. The Nile is a major north-flowing river in north-eastern Africa, and is the longest river in Africa
and the disputed longest river in the world with a drainage basin that covers eleven countries.
b. Its importance as a primary source of water to Egypt and Sudan.
c. The White and The Blue rivers are the main tributaries of the Nile.
d. Most of the population and cities of Egypt lie along those parts of the Nile valley north of Aswan,
and nearly all the cultural and historical sites of Ancient Egypt are found along river banks.
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5. Despite the fact that the whole text is interesting, it contains some more interesting points than others.
One of them is that the Nile passes in eleven countries. This number seems to be the largest number
(ever) of countries that a river can pass by. Therefore, it could easily be considered as an 'international'
river, and this surprisingly gives an impression that this river looks like a rope that joins and ties these
countries as one unit. Also, the Niles is seen as the primary stream; it begins in Khartoum, the Sudanese
capital as joining point that gathers both the Blue and the White Niles to form the main Nile that
continues to the rest of Sudan Northward till Egypt, and they ahead to the Mediterranean sea, where it
finally flows, and this is another interesting element. An additional interesting and an appealing thing
here in this text is that it mentions that the Nile river affected both the Egyptian and Sudanese life. This
made a high similarity between these societies, as they both were established on both banks of this
magnificent river.
6. As a major river in the north-eastern side of Africa, the Nile river is considered the longest river in Africa
with a total length of 6.650 km, (4.130 mi). The Nile's drainage basin covers eleven different African
countries. They are Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan,
Sudan, till the Mediterranean Sea coast in the north of Egypt where it flows to. About 80% of the Nile's
water and silt comes Sudan's Blue Nile, which begins at Tana Lake in Ethiopia. Both the Blue Nile and the
White Nile gather in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital and then to its desert, to form one watercourse
down to Egypt's delta and flows to the Mediterranean Sea. Most of the population and cities of Egypt
lie along those parts of the Nile valley north of Aswan, and nearly all the cultural and historical sites
of Ancient Egypt are found along river banks.
‫كنهرا رئيسيا ف الجانب الشمال ر‬
‫ (أو‬،‫ كم‬6.650 ‫إجمال يبلغ‬
‫ليعتب هو النهر الطول يف أفريقيا بطول‬
‫ فإن النيل‬،‫الش يف من أفريقيا‬
‫ر‬
‫ي‬
‫ي‬
‫ي‬
‫ ويمر حوض النيل بأحد ر‬،‫ هذا‬.)‫ ميل‬4.130
،‫ وإثيوبيا‬،‫ وكينيا‬،‫ والكنغو‬،‫ وبوروندي‬،‫ ورواندا‬،‫ وأوغندا‬،‫ه تانزانيا‬
‫و‬
،‫أفريقية‬
‫دولة‬
‫عش‬
‫ي‬
‫ من‬%80 ‫حوال‬
‫ويأت‬
‫ وانتهاءا بساحل مرص‬،‫ والسودان‬،‫ وجنوب السودان‬،‫وإريبيا‬
‫ ي‬.‫ حيث مصبه‬،‫الشمال عند البحر البيض المتوسط‬
‫ي‬
‫ي‬
‫ ويجتمع كل من النيل الزرق والنيل البيض يف العاصمة‬.‫بحبة تانا بإثيوبيا‬
‫ والذي ينبع من ر‬،‫ماء النيل وطميه من النيل الزرق بالسودان‬
.
‫ ثم يتدفق إل البحر البيض المتوسط ويتواجد‬،‫ ليشكل مجرى مائيا واحدا يصل إل دلتا مرص‬،‫ ثم إل صحرائها‬،‫ الخرطوم‬،‫السودانية‬
‫ وتوجد معظم المواقع الثقافية والتاريخية لمرص القديمة‬،‫معظم سكان ومدن مرص عىل طول تلك الجزاء من وادي النيل بشمال أسوان‬
.‫عىل طول ضفاف النهر‬
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