2.b Low Energy Coastline (Nile Delta)

Question 1

Nile Delta

Answer 1

• location = Egypt, Nile River
• 160km in length
• Longshore drift = East
• Prevailing wind = NW
• 35 million people live on the delta
• 2 promontories ( Rosetta, Damietta)
• 20km N of Cairo

Question 2

Physical factors

Answer 2

• climate = dominated by NW winds
• velocity range between 4.46 and 23.14 due to strong winds in the winter
• prevailing wind is strongest in the winter
• due to dams the delta is in destructive mode