View of the side of the River Nile with the Temple of Deir El Bahari in the background, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Fields along the Nile, near Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

A view of the River Nile, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Fields along the Nile, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Fields along the Nile, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

View of the River Nile and the town of Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

A view of the River Nile at sunrise, near Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Transporting reeds along the Nile, near Aswan, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Washing beside the drain pumping water from the Nile to supply a crop irrigation channel around the village of Ramadi, west bank of the Nile south of Edfu, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Man perched on the fodder carried on a donkey's back along an irrigation canal near the village of Ramadi, west bank of the Nile south of Edfu, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Man working in a cereal field near village of Ramadi, west bank of the Nile south of Edfu, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Children perched on the fodder carried on a donkey's back near the village of Ramadi, west bank of the Nile south of Edfu, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Donkey cart, sugar cane harvest, Ramadi village, west bank of the Nile south of Edfu, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Sugar cane harvest, Ramadi village, west bank of the Nile south of Edfu, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Woman sitting on her doorstep peeling garlic, village of Ramadi, west bank of the Nile south of Edfu, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Tourists in the company of net fishermen in rowing boat, village of Ramadi, west bank of the Nile south of Edfu, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Village on the bank of the Nile River near Edfu, Egypt, Northeasthern Africa

Village of the foothills on the west bank of the Nile river, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Donkeys on a bank of the Nile, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Pumping station to supply agricultural irrigation channels, Bank of the Nile River near Esna, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Child riding a donkey, Banks of the Nile near Daraw, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Sugar cane harvest, Ramadi village, west bank of the Nile south of Edfu, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Tractor, sugar cane harvest, Ramadi village, west bank of the Nile south of Edfu, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Nile river near Gebel Al-Silsila, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Children washing clothes in a drain pumping water from the Nile to supply a crop irrigation channel around the village of Ramadi, west bank of the Nile south of Edfu, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Woman sitting on her doorstep peeling garlic, village of Ramadi, west bank of the Nile south of Edfu, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Net fishermen in rowing boat practising a technique of hitting the surface of the water to drive fish into the nets, village of Ramadi, west bank of the Nile south of Edfu, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

The Nile, Luxor, Thebes, Middle Egypt, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Beside the River Nile, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

With such demands for Lake Victoria's Nile perch, the value of the fishery has risen considerably. Labour inflows into the fishery have increased along with growing demand. In 2004, there were 51,712, boats on the lake and 153,066 fishermen. All along the lakeshore, G®?boom townsG®ö have developed in response to the demands of fishing crews with money to spend from a dayG®ös fishing. These towns resemble shanties and have little in the way of services. Jinja, Uganda, East Africa

With such demands for Lake Victoria's Nile perch, the value of the fishery has risen considerably. Labour inflows into the fishery have increased along with growing demand. In 2004, there were 51,712, boats on the lake and 153,066 fishermen. Jinja, Uganda, East Africa

River Nile Delta and Suez Canal, Egypt, satellite image

Color satellite image of the Nile Delta. It is formed in Northern Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea. Image collected on October 1, 2017 by Sentinel-2 satellites.

Color satellite image of the Nile River, Egypt. The Nile Delta is formed in Northern Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea. Images collected on October 1, 2017 by Landsat 8 satellite.

Feluccas on the Nile at dusk, Aswan, Egypt, Africa

Felucca on the Nile at Aswan, Egypt, Africa