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Definition of Nilometer

Nilometer
Nilometer Ni*lom"e*ter, n. [Gr. ?; ? the Nile + ? measure: cf. F. nilom[`e]tre.] An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nile during its periodical flood.

Meaning of Nilometer from wikipedia

- A nilometer is a structure for measuring the Nile River's clarity and water level during the annual flood season in Egypt. There were three main types...
- nilometer was a structure for measuring the Nile River's clarity and the water level during the annual flood season. Elephantine has two nilometers....
- reign of caliph Sulaymān ibn ʿAbd al-Malik of the Umayyad dynasty, a nilometer was built on the southern tip of the island opposite the mouth of the...
- levels of flow required from the annual flood. At Elephantine the official nilometer, a measuring device, was carefully monitored to predict the level of the...
- There, he also supervised the construction of the large Nilometer, called the New Nilometer, on the Rawda Island (in Old Cairo) at the behest of the...
- inundation festivals, mud figures of Osiris were planted with barley. Nilometer Egyptian Public Works Aswan Dam#Irrigation scheme Water supply and sanitation...
- El Manial (Egyptian Arabic: المنيل  pronounced [elˈmænjæl], "the nilometer") is a district of Cairo, located on Rhoda Island in the Nile. The El Manial...
- depicted as a measuring rod (or nilometer) held in the left hand of the water carrier Aquarius. Depicting Aquarius with a nilometer references the ancient Egyptian...
- century. In 861, on the orders of the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil, a Nilometer was built on Roda Island near Fustat. Although it was repaired and given...
- the Coptic calendar. Egyptian & Coptic calendars Egyptian units of time Nilometer Alternative representations of the inundation season include , , , , ...