Aswan, Egypt

First Cataract of the Nile

First Cataract of the Nile, Aswan

The northernmost of the Nile's six cataracts, just south of Aswan, where granite boulders and rocky islets once broke the river into rapids. For millennia it marked Egypt's southern frontier, now largely submerged behind the Aswan dams.

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Location

Coordinates: 24.0145, 32.8768

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