Word: floodings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...trouble with the Nile has always been its irregularity. Most of the year it flows sluggishly far below its banks. But between July and October, a great gush of muddy water floods the narrow, fertile valley. For the ancient Egyptians, who did not demand too much of their sacred river, the flood was fine. They built mud dikes around the fields, and caught the flood water in shallow basins. The silt settled to the bottom, keeping the soil fertile, millennium after millennium. When the water. was gone, the peasants planted their crops, often without plowing or other preparation...
...Egypt. It is no good for growing cotton and other long-season crops, so it has been supplanted in the lower valley by dams and canals that make year-round irrigation possible. For the modern system, the irregularity of the Nile is a serious matter. During the annual flood, much water goes out to sea unused; during the rest of the year, there is not enough water. A great deal more acreage could be devoted to the valuable long-season crops if the Nile could be forced to flow steadily all the year round...
Natural Reservoirs. The object of the new dams on the headwaters is to even out the flow, holding water in reservoirs during the flood season, and letting it out when needed. Luckily for Egypt, the reservoirs are already half built. On the main tributaries, the Blue and White Niles, there are big lakes that need only dams at their outlets to turn them into ideal storage basins...
Expecting a flood of applicants and no extra money, the Scholarship Committee yesterday announced it was thinking of including loans and term-time jobs as parts of upperclass scholarships...
...letter mailed along with the pledge cards. Teele mentioned the inevitable flood conditions this spring as a reason for giving generously. He also called upon the 2700 faculty members and the 4000 employees to make their donations through Harvard in order to complete the quota here...