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Appendix K. ( continued f). 
Table XL VI .- — Mean low water level of the Nile — Assuan to Cairo. 
Distance 
from Assu&n 
along centre 
of flood. 
Name of Locality. 
R.L. 
According 
to reservoir 
levels. 
R.L. 
According 
to inspectors 
of 
irrigation. 
Distance 
from Assu&n 
along summer 
channel. 
0 
Assuan . . 
85*0 
85*0 
0 
70 
Gebel Silsila . 
79-3 
79*4 
72 
106 
Edfu 
76*7 
77*0 
0 9 
157 
Esna 
73*1 
72*6 
9 9 
194 
Armant * 
70*1 
69*6 
9 9 
213 
Luxor 
69*0 
68*5 
9 9 
272 
Kena * 
65*3 
64*8 
9 9 
320 
Kasr-es-Saad 
61*7 
61*2 
330 
328 
Heu 
61*2 
60*7 
0 0 
333 
Naga Hamadi 
61*0 
60*5 
. . 
365 
Abu Shusha . 
58*6 
58*1 
. . 
373 
Balyana . . 
58-3 
57*8 
.. 
390 
Girga. 
56*9 
56*5 
9 9 
429 
Sohag 
53-8 
53*2 
! • « 
470 
Khazindaria.. 
49*9 
49*4 
489 
505 
Aboutig Escape . . 
47*7 
47*1 
0 0 
530 
Assiout ( ! ) 
45*55 
45*05 
552 
598 
Derut Escape 
39*1 
38*5 
0 0 
627 
Roda 
36*3 
35*7 
0 0 
666 
Minia . . 
32*6 
32*0 
710 
Beni Mazar . . 
28*9 
. . 
748 
. . 
Beni Sue£ ( 2 ) 
22*1 
21*8 
0 0 
800 
Ashmant 
20*5 
20 *2 
842 
. . 
Kushesha Escape 
18*9 
18*6 
• 0 
» • 
El-Ayat.. 
15*8 
15*5 
0 0 
898 
Cairo gauge. . 
12*10 
12*25 
• • 
900 
Cairo . . . . . . . . . . 
12*00 
12*1 
948 
( x ) Downstream of the Assiout weir. 
(2) The Beni Suef gauge is unreliable in summer as it is on a branch of the river which is 
dammed by the villagers. 
