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  2. Nile - Wikipedia

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    The White Nile flows into South Sudan just south of Nimule, where it is known as the Bahr al Jabal ("Mountain River" [35]). Just south of the town is the confluence with the Achwa River . The Bahr al Ghazal , 716 kilometers (445 mi) long, joins the Bahr al Jabal at a small lagoon called Lake No , after which the Nile becomes known as the Bahr ...

  3. White Nile - Wikipedia

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    From Nimule in South Sudan, close to the border with Uganda, the river becomes known as the "Mountain Nile" or "Baḥr al-Jabal" (also "Baḥr el-Jebel", بحر الجبل), literally Mountain River" or "River of the Mountain". [14] [15] The Southern Sudanese state of Central Equatoria through which the river flows was known as Bahr al-Jabal ...

  4. Mountains of the Moon (Africa) - Wikipedia

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    Jibhel Kumri or Mountains of the Moon as conceived in 1819. Mountains of the Moon (Latin: Montes Lunae; Arabic: جبال القمر, Jibālu al-Qamar or Jibbel el Kumri [1]) is a legendary mountain or mountain range in east Africa at the source of the Nile River.

  5. Cataracts of the Nile - Wikipedia

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    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 others the water flow is ...

  6. List of river systems by length - Wikipedia

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    In particular, there seems to exist disagreement as to whether the Nile [3] or the Amazon [4] is the world's longest river. The Nile has traditionally been considered longer, but in 2007 and 2008 some scientists claimed that the Amazon is longer [5] [6] [7] by measuring the river plus the adjacent Pará estuary and the longest connecting tidal ...

  7. Archaeologists Dove Beneath the Nile and Found a Surprise ...

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    A team of archaeological divers found pieces of ancient Egyptian artifacts that have been sitting at the bottom of the Nile River since the area was flooded in the 1960s and 1970s.. During an ...

  8. Lake Albert (Africa) - Wikipedia

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    The water of the Victoria Nile is much less saline than that of Lake Albert. The lake's outlet, at its northernmost tip, is the Albert Nile section of the White Nile. The river later becomes known as the Mountain Nile when its course enters South Sudan. At the southern end of the lake, where the Semliki comes in, there are swamps.

  9. Nile Basin - Wikipedia

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    The Nile Basin. 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.