Blue Nile River On Map Of Africa
It is a river nestled in the eastern part of the african continent whose basin is home to uganda ethiopia tanzania rwanda burundi kenya sudan south sudan eritrea democratic republic of the congo and of course egypt.
Blue nile river on map of africa. The white nile which is the longer of the two begins at lake victoria in tanzania and flows north until it reaches khartoum sudan where it converges with the blue nile. The nile is composed of two tributaries. The blue nile flows generally south from lake tana and then west across ethiopia and northwest into sudan. List of rivers in africa map by length.
Share to twitter share to facebook. The blue nile in ethiopia and the white nile in burundi. Here s a map of the nile river the blue and white nile are marked in their respective colors. The blue nile begins near lake tana in ethiopia.
Blue nile river arabic al nīl al azraq or al baḥr al azraq amharic abāy headstream of the nile river and source of almost 70 percent of its floodwater at khartoum it reputedly rises as the abāy from a spring 6 000 feet 1 800 metres above sea level near lake tana in northwestern ethiopia the river flows into and out of the lake runs through a series of rapids and then drops into a gorge. The blue nile originates from lake tana in ethiopia whereas the white nile originates from eastern africa and joins the blue nile in khartoum the capital city of sudan. The white nile and the blue nile. The blue nile s spring is lake tana in the highlands of ethiopia the white nile springs from lake victoria.
It is made up of 2 river systems. It is also the longest river in the world with its length put at 6 650 km 4 132mi. The blue nile is the shorter of the two branches with a length of 1 450 kilometres. 18 4500 n 33 3833 e.
The river flows northwards from burundi through rwanda uganda south sudan sudan ethiopia and egypt on its way to the mediterranean sea. The coordinates of river nile is 18 4500 n 33 3833 e. The longest river flowing through the continent of africa is the nile river. It was then confirmed that the white nile originates in east africa s lake victoria while the blue nile pours out of ethiopia s lake tana.
6 650 km 4 132mi coordinates. It is a famous. It runs through nile river from source to mouth reizen langs rivieren travelling. A map of the nile river in egypt satelite images.
The blue nile flows generally south from lake tana and then west across ethiopia and northwest into sudan. This gorge is a tremendous obstacle for travel and communication from the north half of ethiopia to the southern half.