Fourth Cataract

• The six Nile Cataracts are a series of shallow rapids on the Nile, not waterfalls, between Aswan and Khartoum. They became unnavigable when the Nile rose.
• Fourth Cataract, the most difficult Cataract to pass, was near Napata previous capital of Kush.

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, was near Napata previous capital of Kush
5. Fifth Cataract, confluence of the Nile and Atbarah River.
6. Sixth Cataract, city of Meroe, capital of Kush

Merowe Dam, Sudan