River Nile Fact File
Countries: The Nile flows through 10 countries: Sudan, South Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Egypt.
Length: 6650 km (4130 miles)
Source: The White Nile (primary tributary) has its source in either Rwanda or Burundi. The Blue Nile (secondary) starts at Lake Tana, Ethiopia.
Mouth: Mediterranean Sea
Other River Nile Facts
- The Nile’s two major tributaries, the White Nile and the Blue Nile, meet at Khartoum, Sudan.
- Egypt’s population has depended up the Nile for thousands of years. Most of Egypt’s population and settlements lie along the banks of the Nile.
- The Ancient Egyptians called the Nile, the Great River.
- It is the longest river in the world.
- The drainage basin of the Nile covers about one tenth of all of Africa.
- In 1970 the Aswan Dam was built to generate hydroelectric power and to control the flow of water for irrigation. It has had a significant impact on agricultural practices and has led to flooding and loss of sediment deposits (relied upon by the Ancient Egyptians to make the fields fertile during the summer floods).
- Some of the largest settlements on the banks of the Nile are: Cairo, Khartoum, Aswan and Luxor.
- The Nile River is bridged in many places
- The northern section of the river flows mainly through an area of desert.
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