Rainfall gathered in the mountains south of Egypt is the source of the Nile's water. The land itself, in Egypt, is a desert (in the Sahara), and it is not very
fertile. But when the Nile overflows each year, silt is deposited in the land near
the river, which makes it very fertile.
What does the word fertile mean in the text?
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Too dry to farm
Excessively warm
Able to grow things
A part of the desert