Fifth Cataract

• The six Nile Cataracts are a series of shallow rapids, not waterfalls, on the river Nile between Aswan and Khartoum. They became unnavigable when the Nile rose.
• The Fifth Cataract was the confluence of the river Nile with the river Atbara.

The six Nile Cataracts

1. First Cataract, Aswan
2. Second Cataract, Nubia
3. Third Cataract, Tombos in Nubia
4. Fourth Cataract, the most difficult Cataract to pass, Napata previous capital of Kush
5. Fifth Cataract, confluence of the Nile and Atbarah River.
6. Sixth Cataract, city of Meroe, capital of Kush

Fifth Cataract, confluence of the Nile and Atbara rivers