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Bodies of Water

Blue Nile

Rivers

A major headwater of the Nile system, rising at Lake Tana in the Ethiopian highlands and flowing into Sudan to join the White Nile at Khartoum. Its seasonal flood carries the bulk of the fertile silt that historically renewed the soils of the lower Nile valley.

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Ethiopia, Countries
Sudan, Countries

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