First Cataract of the Nile

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cataract geographical feature landform river rapid

The First Cataract of the Nile is a series of rocky rapids and granite outcrops in southern Egypt that historically marked the traditional border between ancient Egypt and Nubia.

Aliases (3)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cataract → geographical feature → landform → river rapid →
affects	navigation on the Nile →
associatedWith	Aswan quarries → ancient Egyptian military campaigns → trade routes between Egypt and Nubia →
composedOf	granite outcrops → rocky rapids →
country	Egypt →
culturalRegion	borderland of Egypt and Nubia →
featureOf	Upper Egypt →
flowsThrough	Nubian sandstone and granite region →
geology	granite →
hasFunction	limit of regular Nile navigation in antiquity →
hasRole	marker of cultural boundary → marker of political boundary →
historicalSignificance	border of Nubia → border of ancient Egypt →
knownSince	ancient times →
languageOriginOfName	Greek →
locatedIn	Aswan Governorate → Egypt → Nile Valley → southern Egypt →
locatedNear	Elephantine Island → Philae →
locatedOn	Nile →
mentionedIn	ancient Egyptian texts →
near	Aswan → Aswan High Dam → Old Aswan Dam →
northOf	Second Cataract of the Nile →
partOf	East African drainage basin → Nile River → cataracts of the Nile →
positionInSeries	first →
region	Upper Nile →
separates	Egypt → Nubia →
southOf	Nile Delta →
terrain	rocky →
traditionalBorderBetween	Nubia → ancient Egypt →
usedAs	defensive barrier → natural frontier →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ta Shemau ("First Cataract at Aswan") →	borderFeature
Ta Shemau →	extendsTo
Syene →	locatedAt
Aswan →	locatedNear
Unfinished Obelisk ("Nile River at Aswan") →	near
Swenett →	nearbyStructure
First Cataract of the Nile ("cataracts of the Nile") →	partOf