In Egypt, where civilization developed along the Nile flood plain and where there are no lotuses, water lilies would float along the river banks and in the marshes along the extensive canal systems fed with river water.
不產蓮花（荷花）的埃及，在泛濫的尼羅河畔開啟文明，睡蓮一朵朵漂浮於河畔與大河網系下的湖沼。