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Bodies of Water

The Nile

Also Known As An-Nil The Arabic name.
Rivers

A river flowing north through northeastern Africa from its headwater lakes in the Great Lakes region to a broad delta on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, formed by the union of the White Nile and Blue Nile at Khartoum in Sudan. Its predictable annual flood, driven by monsoon rains far to the south, deposited the silt that made intensive agriculture possible along an otherwise arid corridor, and the river has been a defining feature of settlement in the region for millennia.

Facts
Area (sq km)
3,254,555 1
The river's drainage basin area.
Elevation (m)
2539 2
Length (km)
6650 1
Conventionally cited as the world's longest river; some modern surveys instead give that distinction to the Amazon, and the two rivers' exact lengths remain genuinely debated depending on how each river's most distant headwater tributary is defined.
Latitude
30.1725 degrees north 2
Longitude
31.14 degrees east 2
Connections

Associated With

Burundi, Countries
Source Nile (Wikipedia)
Cairo, Cities

Cairo already carried all six registered city core keys; this edge is added for the connective-edge instruction alone.

Source Cairo (Wikipedia)
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Countries
Source Nile (Wikipedia)
Egypt, Countries

The overwhelming majority of Egypt own people are settled along the Nile and its delta.

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Eritrea, Countries
Source Nile (Wikipedia)
Kenya, Countries
Source Nile (Wikipedia)
Lake Victoria, Bodies of Water

Lake Victoria is drained by the Nile at Jinja, Uganda, but the Nile's most distal hydrological source is more often attributed to a tributary of the Kagera River rather than the lake itself.

Source Lake Victoria (Wikipedia)
Luxor, Cities
Nile Basin, Landforms
Nubia, Regions

The Nile River is the defining geographic feature throughout Nubia's history.

Source Nubia (Wikipedia)
Rwanda, Countries
Source Nile (Wikipedia)
Tanzania, Countries
Source Nile (Wikipedia)
The Mediterranean, Regions

This source names The Mediterranean directly: "Great Lakes region to a broad delta on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, formed by the union of the White Nile and Blue Nile at Khartoum in Sudan."

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Flows Through

Egypt, Countries
Source Nile (Wikipedia)
Ethiopia, Countries
Source Nile (Wikipedia)
South Sudan, Countries
Source Nile (Wikipedia)
Sudan, Countries
Source Nile (Wikipedia)
Uganda, Countries
Source Nile (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.View the Source
2. Nile (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, Source elevation
    2,539 m (8,330 ft)
  • Infobox, Mouth coordinates field
    30.17250N 31.14000E
  • Associated With: Rwanda, Infobox, Basin countries
    Burundi, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
  • Associated With: Burundi, Infobox, Basin countries
    Burundi, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
  • Associated With: Tanzania, Infobox, Basin countries
    Burundi, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
  • Associated With: Kenya, Infobox, Basin countries
    Burundi, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
  • Associated With: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Infobox, Basin countries
    Burundi, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
  • Associated With: Eritrea, Infobox, Basin countries
    Burundi, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
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Nile (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Flows Through: Uganda, River Course section
    The White Nile begins near Lake Victoria and flows through Uganda and South Sudan
  • Flows Through: South Sudan, River Course section
    The White Nile begins near Lake Victoria and flows through Uganda and South Sudan
  • Flows Through: Sudan, River Course section
    The two rivers meet at the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.
  • Flows Through: Egypt, River Course section
    From there, the Nile flows north through the Nubian Desert to Egypt's capital, Cairo
  • Flows Through: Ethiopia, River Course section
    The Blue Nile begins near Lake Tana in Ethiopia and flows into Sudan from the southeast.
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Cairo (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Cairo, Lead/geography section
Quote, Associated With: Cairo, Lead/geography section
Located near the Nile Delta.
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Nubia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Nubia, Lead section
Quote, Associated With: Nubia, Lead section
a region along the Nile river
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Lake Victoria (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Lake Victoria, Hydrology and limnology section
Quote, Associated With: Lake Victoria, Hydrology and limnology section
Lake Victoria is drained solely by the Nile River near Jinja, Uganda, on the lake's northern shore.
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