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The Nile [b] (also known as the Nile River) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. 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.
The Blue Nile ( Amharic: ጥቁር አባይ, romanized : t’ikʼuri ābayi; Oromo: Mormor or Abbayaa, lit. 'father of streams'; Arabic: النيل الأزرق, romanized : an-Nīl al-ʾAzraqu) is a river originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia. It travels for approximately 1,450 km (900 mi) through Ethiopia and Sudan.
Cataracts of the Nile. The Cataracts of the Nile are shallow lengths (or whitewater rapids) of the Nile river, between Khartoum and Aswan, where the surface of the water is broken by many small boulders and stones jutting out of the river bed, as well as many rocky islets. In some places, these stretches are punctuated by whitewater, while at ...
The Nile Basin is the part of Africa drained by the Nile River and its tributaries . Besides being the second largest hydrographic basin in Africa, the Nile Basin is effectively the most notable drainage basin on the continent. It covers approximately 2,870,000 km 2, [ 1] or about 10% of African territory, crossing arid regions and with a high ...
The Nile Delta at night as seen from the ISS in October 2010. The Nile Delta ( Arabic: دلتا النيل, Delta an-Nīl or simply الدلتا, ad-Delta) is the delta formed in Lower Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea. [ 1] It is one of the world's larger deltas—from Alexandria in the west to Port ...
White Nile. / 2.28222°S 29.33111°E / -2.28222; 29.33111. The White Nile ( Arabic: النيل الأبيض an-nīl al-'abyaḍ) is a river in Africa, the minor of the two main tributaries of the Nile, the larger being the Blue Nile. [ 4] The name "White" comes from the clay sediment carried in the water that changes the water to a pale ...
The Waitakere / Nile River is a river on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. It rises in the Paparoa Range and flows through a limestone karst landscape in a roughly northwest direction for its entire length, reaching the Tasman Sea just north of Charleston. The river and its surrounds are a popular tourist destination, particularly ...
Lake Tana (Amharic: ጣና ሐይቅ, romanized: T’ana ḥāyik’i; previously Tsana [1]) is the largest lake in Ethiopia and a source of the Blue Nile.Located in Amhara Region in the north-western Ethiopian Highlands, the lake is approximately 84 kilometres (52 miles) long and 66 kilometres (41 miles) wide, with a maximum depth of 15 metres (49 feet), [2] and an elevation of 1,788 metres ...