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Nile River and Delta. The Suez Canal is east of the delta and enters the coastal Lake Manzala in the north-east of the delta. To the north-west are three other coastal lakes or lagoons: Lake Burullus, Lake Idku and Lake Mariout. The Nile is considered to be an "arcuate" delta (arc-shaped), as it resembles a triangle or flower when seen from above.
The Nile is the longest river in Africa. It has historically been considered the longest river in the world, [3] [4] though this has been contested by research suggesting that the Amazon River is slightly longer. [5] [6] Of the world's major rivers, the Nile has one of the lowest average annual flow rates. [7]
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A river delta is so named because the shape of the Nile Delta approximates the triangular uppercase Greek letter delta.The triangular shape of the Nile Delta was known to audiences of classical Athenian drama; the tragedy Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus refers to it as the "triangular Nilotic land", though not as a "delta". [8]
In particular, there seems to exist disagreement as to whether the Nile [3] or the Amazon [4] is the world's longest river. The Nile has traditionally been considered longer, but in 2007 and 2008 some scientists claimed that the Amazon is longer [5] [6] [7] by measuring the river plus the adjacent Pará estuary and the longest connecting tidal ...
Nile: 3,075 6,853 4,258 ... Largest rivers in the world by volume discharge: River Average discharge (km 3 /year) ... Amazon Delta: 220,800 180,000
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Name used in the default map caption; image = Egypt Nile Delta location map.svg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 31.99 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 29.28 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = 28.96 Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees; right = 33.05 Longitude ...