========+===============+=========+==========+======== Distance| Name of | R. L. | R. L. |Distance from | Locality. |According|According | from Assuân | | to | to | Assuân along | |reservoir|inspectors| along centre | | levels. | of | summer of | | | irriga- |Channel. flood. | | | tion. | --------+---------------+---------+----------+-------- 0 |Assuân | 85·0 | 85·0 | 0 70 |Gebel Silsila | 79·3 | 79·4 | 72 106 |Edfu | 76·7 | 77·0 | .. 157 |Esna | 73·1 | 72·6 | .. 194 |Armant | 70·1 | 69·6 | .. 213 |Luxor | 69·0 | 68·5 | .. 272 |Kena | 65·3 | 64·8 | .. 320 |Kasr-es-Saad | 61·7 | 61·2 | 330 328 |Heu | 61·2 | 60·7 | .. 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 | .. 429 |Sohâg | 53·8 | 53·2 | .. 470 |Khazindaria | 49·9 | 49·4 | 489 505 |Aboutig Escape | 47·7 | 47·1 | .. 530 |Assiout[12] | 45·55 | 45·05 | 552 598 |Derut Escape | 39·1 | 38·5 | .. 627 |Roda | 36·3 | 35·7 | .. 666 |Minia | 32·6 | 32·0 | .. 710 |Beni Mazâr | 28·9 | .. | 748 |Beni Suêf[13] | 22·1 | 21·8 | .. 800 |Ashmant | 20·5 | 20·2 | 842 |Kushesha Escape| 18·9 | 18·6 | .. |El-Ayât | 15·8 | 15·5 | .. 898 |Cairo gauge | 12·10 | 12·25 | .. 900 |Cairo | 12·00 | 12·1 | 948 ========+===============+=========+==========+======== [12] Downstream of the Assiout weir. [13] The Beni Suêf gauge is unreliable in summer as it is on a branch of the river which is dammed by the villagers. TABLE XLVII.--_Discharge table of the Upper Egypt canals._ A low Nile flood is 6·4 metres } A mean Nile flood is 7·5 „ } at Assuân. A high Nile flood is 8·3 „ } The discharges of the Upper Egypt canals corresponding to the Assuân gauges are approximately as follows:--