Third Cataract of the Nile

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cataract of the Nile geographical feature river rapid

The Third Cataract of the Nile is a major series of rapids and rocky shallows in northern Sudan that historically served as a natural boundary and strategic chokepoint between ancient Nubian and Egyptian civilizations.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nile white-water tourism corridor	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cataract of the Nile ⓘ geographical feature ⓘ river rapid ⓘ
affects	navigation on the Nile ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Sudan ⓘ
eraOfSignificance	Kushite period NERFINISHED ⓘ Pharaonic period ⓘ
follows	Second Cataract of the Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	rapids ⓘ rocky shallows ⓘ
hasHistoricalFunction	control point for river traffic ⓘ frontier zone ⓘ
hasNumber	3 ⓘ
hasRole	natural boundary ⓘ strategic chokepoint ⓘ
hasStrategicImportanceFor	military control of Nubia ⓘ trade routes along the Nile ⓘ
hasTypeOfTerrain	rocky ⓘ shallow riverbed ⓘ
historicallyBetween	Ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Ancient Nubia NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	location of ancient settlements in Nubia ⓘ political boundaries between Egypt and Nubia ⓘ
isNaturalDefenseFor	Egyptian southern frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ Nubian kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ
isOneOf	six traditional cataracts of the Nile ⓘ
isPartOfHydrologicalSystem	Nile River system NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownAs	Third Nile Cataract NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfToponym	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Northern Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Nubia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnSection	Nile between the Second and Fourth Cataracts ⓘ
near	Dongola Reach NERFINISHED ⓘ Kerma NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Middle Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ Nile cataracts NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedes	Fourth Cataract of the Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	northern Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
river	Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ
separates	Lower Nubia NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Nubia NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Ancient Egyptians NERFINISHED ⓘ Nubians NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kerma archaeological site → locatedNorthOf → Third Cataract of the Nile ⓘ

Kingdom of Kerma → flourishedAlong → Third Cataract of the Nile ⓘ

Itanda Falls → isPartOf → Third Cataract of the Nile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nile white-water tourism corridor

Second Cataract of the Nile → downstreamFrom → Third Cataract of the Nile ⓘ

Fourth Cataract of the Nile → locatedBetween → Third Cataract of the Nile ⓘ