The Nile in 1904

Table LXXVIII.—Station Berber. (Meteorological data).

Table LXXIX.—Station Assuân (Meteorological data).

Table LXXX.—Station Cairo (Meteorological data).

Table LXXXI.—Station Alexandria.

INDEX

• A
• Abai river, 13
• Abu Zeid ford, 42
• Abydos spring level, 67
• Abyssinia, 13, 19, 43
• Adarma, 45
• Addis Ababa, 16, 20, 44, 214
• Aird, Sir John, 75
• Akobo, 37
• Albert Lake, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 29, 30, 31
• — — reservoir, 81, 82, 87, 90
• — — tributaries, 31
• Albert Nile in 1841, 38
• — — catchment basin, 17, 119
• — — description, 31-35
• — — observed discharges, 129-134
• — — discharges, 22, 56, 81, 82, 93
• — — discharge table, 144, 145
• — — gauges, 168-174
• — — projects, 58, 81, 89-92
• — — slopes, 14, 120
• — — tributaries, 31, 32, 34
• — — velocities, 15, 121
• Alexandria, 20, 220
• Ambatch, 31, 92
• Amenemhat, 47, 66, 79
• Analysis of water and soil, 62, 100-101
• Anderson, Mr. Lang, 64
• Appendices, 117
• Arab, Bahr el, 36
• Assiout Weir, 49, 150
• Asua River, 32
• Assuân gauge compared to Bombay rainfall, 213
• — dam, 48, 61, 75, 76, 77, 87, 89
• — distances from and to, 124, 125
• — discharges, 25, 58-60, 139-142
• — discharge table, 150
• — gauges, 48, 52, 94, 97, 98, 153, 158, 164-166, 194-202, 209
• — meteorological data, 20, 218
• Atem river, 32, 33, 90
• Atbara river, catchment basin, 17, 19, 119
• — — description, 13, 45, 69
• — — discharges, 24, 47, 58, 60, 138-140
• — — discharge table, 149
• — — gauges at Khashm el Girba, 188, 189
• — — tributaries, 45
• B
• Baharia Oasis, 109
• Baker, Sir Benjamin, 75
• Baker, Sir Samuel, 11, 34, 39, 40
• Barometric readings, 215-220
• Barois, M. J., 61, 62
• Barrages, The, 50, 53, 54, 74, 82, 99, 123, 124, 151, 152, 207, 208
• Basalt, 22, 114
• Basin irrigation, 59, 65, 66, 67, 68, 79, 93, 94, 99, 100, 159-166
• — — in the Sudan, 102
• Beadnell, Mr. H. G. F., 107
• Beresford, Mr. J. S., 89
• Berkeley, Fort, 31
• Berber, 46, 217
• — gauges, 190-193
• Blue Nile, catchment basin, 17, 119
• — — description, 12, 13, 18, 21, 41, 43, 61
• — — observed discharges, 129, 136, 137
• — — discharges, 24, 46, 57, 60, 139-141
• — — discharge table, 147, 148
• — — distances along, 128
• — — gauges, 179-182, 183-187
• — — projects, 43, 44, 103
• — — slope, 15
• — — tributaries, 44
• — — velocities, 44
• Bombay, 20, 213
• Bor, 32, 89, 99
• Brown, Sir Hanbury, 66, 77, 79, 89, 99
• C
• Cairo, 16, 20, 22, 24, 25, 50, 52, 53, 59, 94, 97, 98, 142, 150, 158, 164-166, 219
• — gauges, 203-206, 210
• Cassel, Sir Ernest, 75
• Cataracts, 14, 46, 47, 48, 88, 102, 103
• Catchment basins, 16, 18, 119
• Chapters, 11, 26, 56, 73, 107
• Chavanne, Joseph, 12
• Chélu Bey, 5
• Choga, Lake, 15, 28, 30, 121, 122
• Clifton, Mr. C., 77
• Climate of the Nile Valley, 18, 27, 102, 214-220
• Congo forest, 29
• Conversion tables for pics and metres, 211, 212
• Corvée, 70
• Cotton, 82, 88, 102, 103, 104
• Course of the Nile, 12
• Cretaceous, 111
• Cromer, Lord, 100
• Cultivated area of Egypt, 73
• D
• Dakhla Oasis, 107
• Damer, El, 13, 45
• Damietta branch, 14, 15, 53, 54, 60, 61, 70, 85, 123, 139, 140
• — — discharge table, 152
• — — gauges, 208
• Darfur, 17
• D’Arnaud, 38
• De Gottberg, 47
• De la Motte, 74
• Didessa, 44
• Dinder river, 17, 21, 44, 101
• Diodorus Siculus, 78
• Discharges observed, 129-138
• Discharge table for Assuân, Assiout & Cairo, 150
• — — — Damietta branch, 152
• — — — Duem, 146
• — — — Gondokoro, 144
• — — — Khashm el Girba, 149
• — — — Khartoum, 148
• — — — Mongalla, 145
• — — — Ripon Falls, 143
• — — — Rosetta branch, 151
• — — — Sobat river, 145
• — — — Tewfikia, 146
• — — — Wadelai, 144
• — — — Wady Haifa, 151
• Distances of places along the Damietta and Rosetta branches, 123
• Distance Barrage to Assuân, 124
• — Assuân to Khartoum, 125
• — Khartoum to Gondokoro, 126
• — Gondokoro to the Ripon Falls, 127
• — Khartoum to Rosaires, 128
• Discharges, 18, 22, 56-60, 81-84, 90, 95, 139-142, 159-163
• — Victoria Nile, 27
• — Semliki river, 29
• — Lake Albert, 29
• — Albert Nile, 32-34
• — Gazelle river, 35
• — Zeraf river, 36
• — Sobat river, 37
• — White Nile, 41
• — Blue Nile, 43-44
• — Atbara, 45
• Discharges Nile at Khartoum, 46
• — — — Assuân, 49
• — — — Cairo, 52
• — — — Rosetta and Damietta branches, 55
• Dongola, 47
• Drainage, 69
• Drury, Lt., R.N., 41
• Duem, 42, 43, 46, 57, 135, 141, 146, 178
• Dueru, Lake, 29
• Dufile, 13, 31, 90
• Dulaib Hilla. 37, 134, 145, 176
• Dupuis, Mr. C., 5, 43, 44, 101, 103
• E
• Eads, Mr., 86
• Edku, Lake, 64
• Edward, Lake Albert, 12, 29
• — — — tributaries, 29
• Egypt, 25, 73, 85, 87, 88, 93, 99, 100
• Emin Pasha, 40
• Electrical development possible, 28, 29, 31, 103
• Elephantine Island, 48
• Eocene, 112
• Esna shales, 112,
• Evaporation, 27, 30, 41, 43, 44, 96
• F
• Farafra, 110
• Fayoum, The, 66, 79, 81
• Fitzmaurice, Mr. Maurice, 75
• Floods, 70, 71, 72, 85, 87, 88, 98
• Foaden, Mr. G. P., 61, 63, 103
• Fola Rapids, 14, 31
• Fowera, 14, 28
• Fuller, Mr. J. B., 69
• G
• Gaash river, 21, 45, 46, 101, 103
• Gage’s channel, 34
• Garak depression, 81
• Garstin, Sir W. E., 5, 11, 12, 26, 29, 32, 41, 75, 82, 83, 85, 88, 89, 91, 92, 99, 101
• Gauges, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 117, 153
• — Assuân, 194-201, 209
• — Assuân Reservoir, 202
• — Berber, 190-193
• — Cairo, 203-206
• — Damietta branch, 208
• — Duem, 178
• — Dulaib Hilla, 176
• — Gondokoro, 169-172
• — Jinja, 166
• — Khartoum, 183-187
• — Khasm el Girba, 188-189
• — Mongalla 173-174
• — Nasser, 175
• — Rosetta branch, 207
• — Tewfikia, 177
• — Wad Medani, 179-182
• — Wadelai, 168
• Gazelle river, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 35, 40, 56, 83, 129, 133
• — — discharges, 139, 140
• — — tributaries, 36
• Gebel, Bahr-el-, 12
• Gebelain, 42
• Geology, 21, 110
• Gessi Pasha, 40
• Gezireh, 100, 102, 103
• Ghaba Shambe, 32, 37, 41
• Gold, 114
• Gondokoro, 23, 32, 56, 90, 91, 119, 122, 126, 127, 139, 140, 141
• — gauges, 169-172
• — discharge table, 144
• Gordon, 40
• Gosrejeb, 45
• Green water, 61
• Granites, 21, 111
• H
• Hansard, Mr., 5
• Herodotus, 78, 80
• Hewat, Mr. Marshal, 77
• Hillet Nuer, 33, 34, 40, 83, 84
• Hughes, Mr. Frank, 64, 100
• I
• Ibrahim Effendi Fehmy, 105
• Igneous rocks, 111
• Infiltration, 53, 59, 60, 81, 84, 90
• Introduction, 11
• Irrigation, 65, 66, 68, 69, 93, 96, 97, 99, 102, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 159-163.
• Ismail Pasha Ayub, 40
• J
• Jinja gauge, 167
• K
• Kafr Zayat, 54
• Kagera river, 12, 26, 28
• Kalabsha, 74
• Kamlin, 21, 24, 46
• Kankar, 21
• Karanain, 54
• Kassala, 46
• Kharga oasis, 109
• Khartoum 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 24, 43, 44, 46, 57, 60, 100, 135-142, 216
• — distances to and from, 125, 126, 128
• — discharge table, 148
• — gauges, 183-187
• Khasm el Girba, 45, 138
• — discharge table, 149
• — gauges 188, 189
• Kit river, 32
• Kom Ombos, 22, 113
• Kordofan, 17
• Kushesha, 78
• L
• Lado, 40
• Lepsius, 47
• Letheby, 61, 62
• Linant Pasha, 42, 55
• Limestone, 22, 114
• — Nodular, 21
• Lolle, 35, 84
• Lombardini, Elia, 5, 11, 12, 38, 60
• Luxor, 22
• Lyons, Capt. H.G., 5, 11, 18, 21, 26, 27, 33, 44, 84
• M
• Mackenzie, Dr., 62
• Manures, 63, 69
• Marno, Signor, 40, 84
• Martyr, Col., 41
• Mean low water levels, 94, 158
• Megahid channel, 35
• Mehemet Ali, Viceroy, 38, 54, 68, 73, 74
• Menes, 79
• Meteorological data, 214-220
• Miocene, 113
• Mississippi river, 33
• Mœris Lake, 66, 74, 76, 78, 81
• Mongalla, 132
• — discharge table, 145
• — gauges, 173, 174
• N
• Napoleon, 48
• Nasser, 37
• — gauge, 175
• Navigation, 14, 28, 32, 44
• Nero, 38
• Nile, The, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 21, 46, 47, 49, 56, 58-61, 67, 93, 99, 164-166
• — discharge tables, 150, 158
• — distances along, 124, 125
• — gauges, 190-206
• — slopes, 120
• — velocities, 121-122
• Nitrates, 22, 69, 115
• No, Lake, 14, 34, 35, 82, 83, 84
• Nomenclature, 12
• O
• Oases, 107
• Omdurman, 43
• P
• Papyrus, 31, 32, 42
• Payen, Champion and Gastinel, 63
• Peake, Major, R. A., 41
• Peat, 21
• Percolation, see Infiltration.
• Perennial irrigation, 59, 68, 69, 88, 93
• Phosphates, 22, 115
• Pibor river, 37
• Pics converted to metres, 98, 209, 210
• Plates, List of, 9
• Pliocene, 113
• Porphyry, 114
• Projects, 44, 58, 73, 84
• — Raising Assuân dam, 75
• — Wady Rayan Reservoir, 76
• — Lake Albert Reservoir and river training, 81
• — Flood protection for Egypt, 85
• — Complete for the Nile, 87
• — Sir William Garstin’s projects, 89
• — Conversion of basin to perennial irrigation, 93
• — Development of the Sudan, 100
• Prompt, M., 74
• R
• Rahad river, 17, 21, 44, 101
• Rainfall, 17-21, 27, 30, 41, 43, 45, 56, 59, 103, 213
• — tables, 214-220
• Rameses, 48, 86
• Red water, 61, 75
• Reservoirs, 30, 73, 75, 76, 77
• Ripon Falls, 12, 27, 28, 127, 139-141, 143, 166
• Roda gauge, 50
• — gauges, 203-206
• Rohl river, 36
• Rosaires, 13, 14, 44, 128
• Rosetta branch, 14, 15, 33, 53, 60, 61, 85, 86, 87, 89, 139, 140
• — — discharge table, 151
• — — distances, 123
• — — gauges, 207
• — — velocities, 121
• Ross, Col. Justin, 77
• Rudolf, Lake, 16
• Ruenzori, Mountain, 16, 21, 29
• S
• Salaama river, 13, 45
• Sandstone, Nubian, 24, 112, 114
• Sayce, Rev., Professor, 79
• Schweinfurth, Dr., 36, 39, 85
• Scott-Moncrieff, Sir Colin, 3, 74
• Scour and deposit of silt, 44, 92, 95, 99
• Semliki river, 12, 29
• Sennaar, 14, 44
• Semna Cataract, 47
• Sesostris, 66
• Settit river, 13, 45
• Silsila, 21, 74, 112
• Slopes, 14, 47, 48, 49, 53, 120, 157
• Sobat River, 12, 13, 15, 23, 35, 36, 37, 56, 61, 82, 84, 119, 129, 134, 139-141
• — — discharge table, 145
• — — gauges, 175, 176
• — — slopes, 120
• — — velocities, 121
• — — tributaries, 37
• Soil analysis, 45, 61, 63, 64, 100, 101
• Sparkes, Col., 40
• Speke and Grant, 11
• Strabo, 78
• Storage, see Projects
• Suakin-Khartoum railway, 100
• Subject matter, 7, 8
• Subsoil water, 63, 67
• Sudan, 88, 100, 102, 103, 105, 106
• Sudd region, 13, 16, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 41, 56, 57, 58, 82, 83
• T
• Temperatures, 19, 20, 21, 214-220
• Tewfikieh, 41, 134, 139, 140, 141
• — discharge table, 146
• — gauge, 177
• Thebes, 67
• Tributaries of Lake Albert, 31
• — — the Albert Nile, 31, 32, 34
• — — — Atbara, 45
• — — — Blue Nile, 44
• — — — Lake Edward, 29
• — — — Gazelle river, 36
• — — — Sobat river, 36
• — — — Lake Victoria, 28
• — — — Victoria Nile, 29
• Trough of the Nile, cubic contents, 155
• Tsana Lake, 13, 15, 43, 45, 88, 103, 129
• Tumat river, 44
• U
• Uganda, 29, 130
• V
• Velocities, 14, 33, 45, 49, 121
• Victoria, Lake, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 26
• — — discharge table, 143
• — — gauges, 167
• — — tributaries, 28
• Victoria Nile, 12, 14, 15, 22, 28, 130, 139, 140, 141
• — — discharge table, 143
• — — gauges, 167
• — — distances, 127
• — — slopes, 120
• — — tributaries, 29
• — — velocities, 121
• Vœlcker, Dr., 64
• W
• Wadelai, 16, 31, 90, 139-141
• — discharge table, 144
• — gauges, 168
• Wad Medani, 20, 44, 136, 137, 215
• — — discharge table, 147
• — — gauges, 179-182
• Wady Halfa, 14, 15, 48, 139-141
• Wadi Halfa discharge table, 151
• Wady Natrûn, 115
• Wady Rayan, 74, 76, 77, 80, 81, 85, 87, 88
• Water, Analysis of, 62, 63, 67
• Watersheds, 16
• Webb, Mr. A., 89
• Weeds, 29
• Wells, 108
• Werne, M., 38
• Western, Lt.-Col. J. H., 74, 77
• White Nile, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 23, 32, 36, 38, 41, 43, 46, 56, 60, 61, 84, 119, 129, 134, 135, 139-141
• — — distances on 126
• — — discharge tables, 146
• — — gauges, 177, 178
• — — slope, 120
• — — velocities, 121
• Whitehouse, Commander, 26
• Whitehouse, Mr. Cope, 74
• Winds, 19, 20, 27, 214-220
• Y
• Yei river, 34
• Z
• Zeraf river, 13, 33, 34, 36-40, 84, 92, 94, 129, 133
• — discharges, 36, 133