WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Faiyum Oasis (Arabic: Waḥet El Fayyum) is a depression or basin in the desert immediately west of the Nile river, 62 miles south of Cairo, Egypt. The extent of the basin area is estimated at between 1, 270 km2 (490 mi2) and 1, 700 km2 (656 mi2).

Detailed explanation-2: -Over thousands of years, the Nile River evolved into its present shape, surrounded by the Eastern and Western deserts.

Detailed explanation-3: -Geography. Sometimes known as ‘the garden of Egypt’, technically el-Faiyum is an oasis. Separated from the River Nile by a narrow stretch of desert, this fertile basin of land has a large lake, Birket Qarun on its northern side which is fed by the Bahr Yusef, a tributary of the Nile.