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The Nile [b] (also known as the Nile River) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa. It has historically been considered the longest river in the world, [3] [4] though this has been contested by research suggesting that the Amazon River is slightly longer.
The Nile Delta at night as seen from the ISS in October 2010. The Nile Delta (Arabic: دلتا النيل, Delta an-Nīl or simply الدلتا, ad-Delta) is the delta formed in Lower Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea. [1] It is one of the world's larger deltas—from Alexandria in the west to Port ...
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. It covers approximately 2,870,000 km 2, [1] or about 10% of African territory, crossing arid regions and with a high ...
The tulips are very abundant every spring. Garvan Woodland Gardens is a 210-acre (85 ha) botanical garden and woodland garden located at 550 Arkridge Road, approximately 6 miles from Hot Springs National Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States. Owned by the University of Arkansas, it has the stated mission of education, research and public ...
Roda Island (or Rawdah Island, Arabic: جزيرة الروضة, Jazīrat ar-Rawdah [ɡɪˈziːɾɪt eɾˈɾoːdɑ]) is an island neighbourhood in the Nile in central Cairo, alternatively or partially known as Manial al-Roda, or al-Manial, [1] in reference to the main village that existed on the island before it was urbanised, [2] and is part of the Misr al-Qadima district.
The White Nile (Arabic: النيل الأبيض an-nīl al-'abyaḍ) is a river in Africa, the minor of the two main tributaries of the Nile, the larger being the Blue Nile. [4] The name "White" comes from the clay sediment carried in the water that changes the water to a pale color.
File:River Nile map.svg. File. File history. File usage. Global file usage. Metadata. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 327 × 599 pixels. Other resolutions: 131 × 240 pixels | 262 × 480 pixels | 419 × 768 pixels | 559 × 1,024 pixels | 1,118 × 2,048 pixels | 438 × 802 pixels. Original file (SVG file, nominally 438 × 802 ...
or. snm (w)t or snm (w)tt [ 1 ][ 2 ] in hieroglyphs. Bigeh (Arabic: بجح; Ancient Egyptian znmwt) [ 3 ] is an island and archaeological site situated along the Nile River in historic Nubia and within the Aswan Governorate of southern Egypt. The island has been situated in the reservoir of the Old Aswan Dam since the dam's initial completion ...