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...how come the water is so cold when it is so damn hot (I mean 110-120 F or 40-50 C) all the time?
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I was curious, so I did some research.
Turns out that the Nile is mainly melted snow. The Nile begins in between west Ethiopia, and Southeastern Sudan. There are some very high alittitude mountains in Ethiopia, most of which are snow capped. Since you were their during the summer, you jumped into freshly melted snow from Ethiopia. This also contributes to the Nile's annual flooding
Snow melts from Ethiopia, then flows up out of Egypt into the Mediterranean