River Nile

The Nile is a significant north-streaming waterway in northeastern Africa. It streams into the Mediterranean Sea. The longest stream in Africa, it has generally been viewed as the longest stream on the planet, however this has been challenged by research proposing that the Amazon River is marginally longer. Of the world's significant streams, the Nile is one of the littlest, as estimated by yearly stream in cubic meters of water. Around 6,650 km (4,130 mi) long, its waste bowl covers eleven nations: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Republic of the Sudan, and Egypt. Specifically, the Nile is the essential water wellspring of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan. Moreover, the Nile is a significant monetary stream, supporting horticulture and fishing.Location

Nations

Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi

Significant urban areas

Jinja, Juba, Khartoum, Cairo

Actual attributes

Source

White Nile

 • arranges

02°16′56″S 29°19′53″E

 • height

2,400 m (7,900 ft)

second source

Blue Nile

 • area

Lake Tana, Ethiopia

 • arranges

12°02′09″N 037°15′53″E

Mouth

Mediterranean Sea

 • area

Nile Delta, Egypt

 • organizes

30°10′N 31°09′E

 • rise

Ocean level

Length

6,650 km (4,130 mi)

Bowl size

3,349,000 km2 (1,293,000 sq mi)

Width

 • most extreme

2.8 km (1.7 mi)

Profundity

 • normal

8-11 m (26-36 ft)

Release

 • area

Aswan, Egypt

 • normal

2,633 m3/s (93,000 cu ft/s)

 • least

530 m3/s (19,000 cu ft/s)

 • most extreme

7,620 m3/s (269,000 cu ft/s)

 • area

Cairo, Egypt

 • normal

2,000 m3/s (71,000 cu ft/s)

 • least

500 m3/s (18,000 cu ft/s)

 • most extreme

7,000 m3/s (250,000 cu ft/s)

 • area

Nile Delta, Egypt, Mediterranean Sea

 • normal

1,584 m3/s (55,900 cu ft/s)

Bowl highlights

Feeders

 • left

White Nile

 • right

Blue Nile, AtbaraThe Nile has two significant feeders - the White Nile, which starts at Jinja, Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile. The White Nile is customarily viewed as the headwaters stream. In any case, the Blue Nile is the wellspring of the vast majority of the water of Nile downstream, containing 80% of the water and residue. The White Nile is longer and ascends in the Great Lakes district. It starts from Uganda Lake Victoria, Uganda and South Sudan. The Blue Nile starts at Lake Tana in Ethiopia and streams into Sudan from the southeast. The two streams meet at the Sudanese capital of Khartoum.

The northern segment of the waterway streams north essentially through the Sudanese desert to Egypt, where Cairo is situated on its huge delta, and the stream streams into the Mediterranean Sea at Alexandria. Egyptian human progress and Sudanese realms have relied upon the stream and its yearly flooding since antiquated times. A large portion of the populace and urban communities of Egypt lie along those pieces of the Nile valley north of Aswan dam. Practically every one of the social and authentic locales of Ancient Egypt created and are found along waterway banks. The Nile is, with the Rhône and Po, one of the three Mediterranean streams with the biggest water release.