Nilometer

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 of nilometers, calibrated in Egyptian cubits: a vertical column, a corridor stairway of steps leading down to the Nile, and a deep well with a culvert.
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  • Historical site
  • …lies at an elevation of 11 metres (36 feet)
  • Description: structure for measuring the Nile River’s clarity and water level during the annual flood season
  • Also known as
    “Maqyās an Nīl”
    “Miḳyās”
    “Miqyas”
    “Miqyās al-Nīl”
    “Nile Meter”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nilometer in Rhoda Island and Umm Kulthum Museum.
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Om Kalthoum Museum is a biographical museum in , Egypt.
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The is a in , Egypt… is situated 530 metres east of Nilometer.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cairo and Giza.
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is the extensive district of southern …
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Picture yourself in Egypt and you picture this.
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Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of , . is situated 2½ km northeast of Nilometer.

Nilometer

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Latitude
30.00696° or 30° 0′ 25″ north
Longitude
31.22503° or 31° 13′ 30″ east
Open location code
8G2H264G+Q2
Geo­Names ID
7923046
Wiki­data ID
Q1340071

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Nilometer” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقياس النيل”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nilometr”
  • Basque: “Nilometro”
  • Catalan: “Nilometer”
  • Catalan: “nilòmetre”
  • Catalan: “Nilòmetre”
  • Czech: “Nilometr”
  • Dutch: “Nilometer”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقياس النيل”
  • Esperanto: “Nilometro”
  • French: “Nilometre”
  • French: “Nilomètre”
  • French: “el-Meqyâs” (historical)
  • French: “Nilomètre de Roudah” (historical)
  • Galician: “Nilómetro”
  • German: “Mikyas”
  • German: “Miqyas”
  • German: “Nilmesser”
  • German: “Nilometer”
  • Hausa: “Nilometer”
  • Hebrew: “נילומטר”
  • Italian: “Nilometro”
  • Japanese: “ナイロメーター”
  • Malay: “Nilometer”
  • Persian: “دستگاه سنجش نیل”
  • Persian: “نیلومتر”
  • Polish: “nilometr”
  • Portuguese: “nilometro”
  • Portuguese: “Nilómetro”
  • Portuguese: “nilômetro”
  • Portuguese: “Nilômetro”
  • Russian: “Ниломер”
  • Russian: “Нилометр”
  • Slovenian: “nilometer”
  • Slovenian: “Nilometer”
  • Spanish: “Nilometro”
  • Spanish: “Nilómetro”
  • Swedish: “Nilometer”
  • Turkish: “nilometre”
  • Turkish: “Nilometre”
  • Ukrainian: “Ніломір”
  • Urdu: “نیل پیمانہ”
  • Uzbek: “Nilometr”

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