The Nile in 1904

by Sir William Willcocks

THE NILE IN 1904.

SUBJECT MATTER.

Chapter I. The Nile—([Page 11]).
[1.]	Introduction.
[2.]	Nomenclature.
[3.]	Description of the course of the Nile.
[4.]	Slopes and velocities of the Nile in its different reaches.
[5.]	Catchment basins of the Nile and its tributaries.
[6.]	The climate of the Nile valley.
[7.]	The geology of the Nile valley.
[8.]	The discharges of the Nile and its tributaries.
Chapter II. The tributaries of theNile—([Page 26]).
[9.]	Lake Victoria Nyanza.
[10.]	The Victoria Nile.
[11.]	The Semliki river.
[12.]	Lake Albert Nyanza.
[13.]	The Albert Nile.
[14.]	The Gazelle river.
[15.]	The Zeraf river.
[16.]	The Sobat river.
[17.]	The Sudd region.
[18.]	The White Nile.
[19.]	The Blue Nile.
[20.]	The Atbara.
[21.]	The Nile from Khartoum to Assuân.
[22.]	The Nile from Assuân to the Barrage.
[23.]	The Rosetta and Damietta Branches.
Chapter III. The utilisation of theNile—([Page 56]).
[24.]	The Nile in flood.
[25.]	The Nile in low supply.
[26.]	Nile water.
[27.]	The soil of the Nile Valley.
[28.]	Basin irrigation.
[29.]	Perennial irrigation.
[30.]	Flood protection.
Chapter IV. Projects—([Page 73]).
[31.]	Projects.
[32.]	The raising of the Assuân dam.
[33.]	The Wady Rayan reservoir and escape.
[34.]	The Albert Lake and Nile project.
[35.]	Flood protection for Egypt.
[36.]	Complete project for water storage and flood control.
[37.]	Sir William Garstin’s projects.
[38.]	The conversion of basin to perennial irrigation.
[39.]	Development of the Sudan.
Chapter V. The oases and the geology of Egypt byH.J.L. Beadnell, F.G.S., F.R.G.S.—([Page 107]).
[40.]	The oases.
[41.]	Dakhla oasis.
[42.]	Kharga oasis.
[43.]	Baharia oasis.
[44.]	Farafra oasis.
[45.]	The geology of Egypt.
[46.]	Igneous rocks.
[47.]	Sedimentary rocks.
[48.]	Upper cretaceous.
[49.]	Eocene.
[50.]	Oligocene and Miocene.
[51.]	Pliocene, Pleistocene and Recent.
[52.]	Economic products.
Table of Appendices ([Page 117]).
Index ([Page 221]).

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LIST OF PLATES.

Page.
[I.]	Plan of the Nile Valley	12
[II.]	Longitudinal Section of the Nile Valley	14
[III.]	Outlet of Lake Victoria	26
[IV.]	Cross sections of the Nile and its tributaries (1)	28
[V.]	Gauge diagrams of Lakes Victoria and Albert	30
[VI.]	The Sudd region	34
[VII.]	Outlet of Tsana Lake	44
[VIII.]	Gauge diagrams of the White and Blue Niles at Khartoum	46
[IX.]	Cross sections of the Nile and its tributaries (2)	42
[X.]	Longitudinal section of the Nile: Wady Halfa to Assuân	48
[XI.]	Cross sections of the Nile and its tributaries (3)	52
[XII.]	Longitudinal section of the Nile: Assuân to Cairo	50
[XIII.]	Typical cross sections of the Nile Valley	50
[XIV.]	Plan of typical basin irrigation in Egypt	66
[XV.]	Plan of the Fayoum and the Wady Rayan	76
[XVI.]	Longitudinal section of the Fayoum and the Wady Rayan	80
[XVII.]	Longitudinal section of the Rosetta Branch	54
[XVIII.]	Longitudinal section of the Damietta Branch	54
[XIX.]	Plan of typical perennial irrigation in Egypt	68
[XX.]	Possible tunnel at Lake Tsana	103
[XXI.]	The Egyptian oases	108

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THE NILE IN 1904.