[DOC] [TLE] Nilometer: Ancient Structures Used to Measure the Level of River ... [PAR] May 26, 2015 ... The Egyptians therefore began measuring the Nile's water level in order ... (to the 
left of the steps) recorded the heights of previous inundations. [DOC] [TLE] Nilometer - Wikipedia [PAR] A nilometer was a structure for measuring the Nile River's clarity and water level 
during the annual flood season. It was a step-like structure that measured how... [DOC] [TLE] The Nilometer at Cairo Egypt - WaterHistory.org [PAR] ... than 13 centuries. The Nilometer is an excellent example of an historic water 
measurement device. ... The height of each step is 24 cm. The steps allowed for a
... [DOC] [TLE] Ancient Egyptian 'Nilometer' Helped Measure River's Height - The ... [PAR] May 14, 2010 ... Ancient Egyptian 'Nilometer' Helped Measure River's Height ... The steps allowed 
for a quick reading of increase in water level, thus forecasting... [DOC] [TLE] Nilometer | Define Nilometer at Dictionary.com [PAR] nilometer, n-lome-tr, n. a gauge for measuring the height of water in the river 
Nile: any river-gaugealso Nloscope. Chambers's Twentieth Century... [DOC] [TLE] Nilometer - definition and synonims of Nilometer in english ... [PAR] A Nilometer was a structure for measuring the Nile River's clarity and water level 
... an instrument used among the ancients to measure the height of the water of... [DOC] [TLE] Nilometer: An excellent example of a water measurement device ... [PAR] Sep 12, 2016 ... Every summer, the river Nile floods, the water overflows its banks and deposits 
slit on the surrounding floodplain. Since ancient times, the... [DOC] [TLE] Saudi Aramco World : The Last Nile Flood [PAR] Nilometers built into the river's banks to measure the flood had, for 4000 ... led 
water in and where the flooding river's daily height was measured against a... [DOC] [TLE] Nilometer | Definition of Nilometer by Merriam-Webster [PAR] noun, often capitalized nilometer \nlmt(r)\. Definition of nilometer. : a 
gauge for measuring the height of water in the Nile especially during its flood;... [DOC] [TLE] Egypt: The Nile Inundation - Tour Egypt [PAR] The amount of silt left behind due to the height of the Nile determined the amount 
of ... learned a method of measuring the height of the Nile known as the 
Nilometre. ... The Nilometres were usually a series of steps by the Nile, where the 
water... [DOC] [TLE] The Nile River - Tour Egypt [PAR] Nov 9, 2011 ... Perhaps these mounds rising above the water table inspired the ... A nilometer 
was used to measure the height of the Nile in ancient times. [DOC] [TLE] Ancient structure that measured the Nile for tax purposes uncovered ... [PAR] May 20, 2016 ... The optimum height of the water during flooding was about 7 cubits, ... The 
nilometer calculated the level of the Nile during annual flooding... [DOC] [TLE] The Nile [PAR] A large part of the water the Nile carries originates in Ethiopia and is due to the ... 
The most important nilometer lay on the island of Elephantine, others were built ... 
the Late Period on a rise of sixteen cubits was measured during the height of... [DOC] [TLE] Nilometer - definition, etymology and usage, examples and related ... [PAR] Related words - Nilometer synonyms, antonyms, hypernyms and hyponyms. ... n 
Nilometer n-lome-tr a gauge for measuring the height of water in the river... [DOC] [TLE] Nile River [PAR] Apart from supplying water to the Egyptians, the Nile was most important 
because it ... A nilometer was used to measure the height of water in ancient 
times. [DOC] [TLE] Nile Floods and the Irrigation System in Fifteenth-Century Egypt ... [PAR] Nile flood reach the height of twenty cubits on the Nilometer!'" For, he explains, ... 
water off the Nile into basins along the Nile Valley and in the Delta. Dikes were. [DOC] [TLE] nilometer - ISHNIN CHURCH SITE - Tripod [PAR] Later on , this well was used by the Copts as a nilometer to foretell the height of ... 
its former level, and the people used to measure by the cubit the height to which it 
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Question: A nilometer measures the height of the water in this
Answer: the Nile River