TABLE XLII.--_Table giving areas of cross sections of the Nile, from Assuân to Cairo._ ================+=======+============================================= Locality. | Length| MEAN AREA IN SQUARE METRES | in +-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- | kilo- |Below| Below | Below | Below | Below | Below |metres.|zero.| 6 | 7 | 8 | 8.5 | 9 | | |metres.|metres.|metres.|metres.|metres. ----------------+-------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- Assuân to Ramâdi| 81 | 1024| 4930 | 5808 | 6754 | 7337 | 7993 Ramâdi to Esna | 76 | 674| 4554 | 5461 | 6398 | 6966 | 7695 Esna to Kena | 115 | 852| 4476 | 5336 | 6221 | 6726 | 7363 Kena to Sohâg | 158 | 973| 4718 | 5600 | 6535 | 7121 | 7873 Sohâg to Assiout| 98 | 1037| 5220 | 6305 | 7705 | 8683 | 9749 Assiout to Minia| 138 | 899| 5149 | 6205 | 7783 | 8845 | 9937 Minia to Beni- | | | | | | | Suêf | 117 | 915| 5035 | 6007 | 7315 | 8196 | 9140 Beni-Suêf to | | | | | | | Koshesha | 34 | 665| 5040 | 6080 | 7532 | 8379 | 9247 Koshesha to | | | | | | | Cairo | 81 | 1031| 5364 | 6388 | 7813 | 8648 | 9495 Cairo to the | | | | | | | Barrage | 24 | 1402| 5414 | 6628 | 8346 | 9258 | 10184 ----------------+-------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- Assuân to | | | | | | | Assiout | 528 | 920| 4760 | 5680 | 6690 | 7310 | 8080 Assiout to | | | | | | | Koshesha | 289 | 870| 5080 | 6100 | 7550 | 8510 | 9520 Koshesha to | | | | | | | Cairo | 81 | 1030| 5360 | 6380 | 7810 | 8640 | 9490 ----------------+-------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- Assuân to Cairo | 898 | 910| 4930 | 5890 | 7080 | 7830 | 8690 ================+=======+=====+=======+=======+=======+=======+======= TABLE XLIII.--_Table of the cubic contents of the trough of the Nile from Assuân to Cairo in millions of cubic metres._