The Nile valleyThe wealth of flora and fauna to be found on the banks of the Nile make it a unique place. Vladimira Dvorakova / age fotostock;
Egypt is a vast country, close to 390,000 square miles. However, 90% of the population is concentrated on the narrow fertile banks of the Nile river that crosses the country from north to south. On either side of this natural border, the desert, vast and golden, runs for miles out to the horizon.