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  2. Nile - Wikipedia

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    The Nile [b] (also known as the Nile River or River Nile) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. ... giving the Nile a length of 6,758 km ...

  3. List of river systems by length - Wikipedia

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    For example, due to 18 cutoffs created between 1766 and 1885, the length of the Mississippi River from Cairo, Illinois, to New Orleans, Louisiana, was reduced by 351 kilometres (218 miles). [10] These points make it difficult, if not impossible, to get an accurate measurement of the length of a river.

  4. Nyabarongo River - Wikipedia

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    The Nyabarongo (or Nyawarungu) is a major river in Rwanda, part of the upper headwaters of the Nile. With a total length of 351 km (218 mi), it is the longest river entirely in Rwanda. It is extended 421 km (262 mi) in Lake Rweru including a 69 km (43 mi) upper course of Kagera River before joining into Ruvuvu River to form the Kagera River ...

  5. Nile Basin - Wikipedia

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    The Nile Basin is the part of Africa drained by the Nile River and its tributaries. ... It covers approximately 2,870,000 km 2, [1] or about 10% of African territory, ...

  6. Nile Delta - Wikipedia

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    It is one of the world's larger deltas—from Alexandria in the west to Port Said in the east; it covers 240 km (150 mi) of the Mediterranean coastline and is a rich agricultural region. [2] From north to south the delta is approximately 160 km (100 mi) in length. The Delta begins slightly down-river from Cairo. [3]

  7. Merowe Dam - Wikipedia

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    The dam has a length of about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) and a crest height of up to 67 metres (220 ft). It consists of concrete-faced rockfill dams on each river bank (the right bank dam is the largest part of the project, 4.3 km long and 53m high; the left bank is 1590 metres long and 50 metres high), an 883-metre (2,897 ft)-long 67-metre (220 ft)-high earth-core rockfill dam (the 'main dam') in ...

  8. Blue Nile - Wikipedia

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    The Blue Nile [note 1] is a river originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia.It travels for approximately 1,450 km (900 mi) through Ethiopia and Sudan.Along with the White Nile, it is one of the two major tributaries of the Nile and supplies about 85.6% of the water to the Nile during the rainy season.

  9. White Nile - Wikipedia

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    Length: 3,700 km (2,300 mi) [1] Basin size: 1,800,000 km 2 ... Bridge on Albert Nile. The river draining from Lake Albert to the north is called the "Albert Nile".