Third Cataract of the Nile

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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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Surface form Occurrences
Nile white-water tourism corridor 1

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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

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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