Nile Delta flooded savanna
| Nile Delta flooded savanna | |
|---|---|
Ecoregion territory (in purple) | |
| Ecology | |
| Realm | Palearctic |
| Biome | Flooded grasslands and savannas |
| Borders | |
| Geography | |
| Area | 51,138 km2 (19,744 mi2) |
| Country | Egypt |
| Coordinates | 30°45′N 31°15′E / 30.75°N 31.25°E |
The Nile Delta flooded savanna, ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0904) covers both the Nile Delta proper, where the Nile River enters the Mediterranean Sea, as well as the river floodplains of the Nile 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) up-river to the Aswan Dam. Since the Aswan Dam was completed in the 1970s, the Nile on this stretch has not been subject to annual flooding, leading the loss of much of the papyrus sedge (Cyperus papyrus) swamps and other marshes along the river.