The Nile Valley Next to Giza Is a Canyon Over 8,000 Feet Deep - Completely Filled With Sediment

Added: 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]So, you can see how wide the Nile Valley is here, right? And then it spreads out, begins spreading out, fanning out into the delta. This is the delta, of course, back here. You can see very clearly the demarcation between the plateau and the valley. And the valley is filled with sediment. You can see that there's vegetation growing here because the water of the Nile keeps it fertilized.

[00:00:23][music] So, that's why it it stands out so distinctly. If you go up here to the edge of this plateau, and you were to come in and scoop out the sediment, Mhm. in in the valley, you'd be standing on the edge of a cliff that's over 8,000 ft high. Half again as deep as the Grand Canyon, right here.

[00:00:45]And it's completely filled with sediment. Think about that for a minute.

[00:00:49]I mean, right here next to the Giza Plateau, you've had this enormous amount of limestone bedrock removed.