ABSTRACT
T h e small and real Egypt may be literally described as “ the river, which is Egypt ” , meaning the area formed by the deposit of the silt-laden annual flood. The main part of this land is the Delta, or Lower Egypt, which is triangular in shape. Its apex is at Cairo and its base on the sea. Its extent is about 4,800,000 feddans or acres, of which 3,000,000 are cultivated.
