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The festival of the Nile as depicted in Norden's Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie Map of the Nile river. The flooding of the Nile (commonly referred to as the inundation) has been an important natural cycle in Nubia and Egypt since ancient times. It is celebrated by Egyptians as an annual holiday for two weeks starting August 15, known as Wafaa El-Nil.
Floods in South Sudan are a frequent occurrence, with the country's location in the Nile River Basin and its low-lying topography making it highly vulnerable to floods. Floods in South Sudan have been recorded since the 1960s, and their impacts have become increasingly severe in recent years due to climate change and poor drainage ...
The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) has been in existence since 1999, with the aim of strengthening cooperation in sharing its resources concerned. [2] The drainage area of the basin covers Burundi, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, the Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. The Basin is the ...
A road going through the flooded savannah The Nile Delta upstream of Cairo in 1961. At the northern end is the Nile Delta, 175 km long by 260 km wide. There are some lakes and lagoons with marshes near the seacoast; some of the larger are Lake Burullus and Lake Manzala. The topsoil in the delta is up to 21 meters in depth and intensely used for ...
The White Nile flows into South Sudan just south of Nimule, where it is known as the Bahr al Jabal ("Mountain River" [35]). Just south of the town is the confluence with the Achwa River . The Bahr al Ghazal , 716 kilometers (445 mi) long, joins the Bahr al Jabal at a small lagoon called Lake No , after which the Nile becomes known as the Bahr ...
Major continental divides, showing drainage into the major oceans and seas of the world--Drainage basins of the principal oceans and seas of the world.Grey areas are endorheic basins that do not drain to the ocean.
Elmer Gray, public health extension specialist with the University of Georgia in Athens said the heavy rainfall and flooding from Tropical Storm Debby is impacting the mosquito population.
In Piura, 300 mm (12 in) of rain fell in one day, three times the city's annual average and Catacaos had flood waters rise to 1.8 m (5.9 ft) high. [22] [23] Further south, La Libertad, Áncash, and Lima were also impacted. Trujillo experienced severe localized flooding in its ravines and Huarmey was badly flooded.