In particular, the Nile is the primary water source of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan.
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In particular, the Nile is the primary water source of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan.
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Additionally, the Nile is an important economic river, supporting agriculture and fishing.
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The White River Nile is traditionally considered to be the headwaters stream.
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The Nile is, with the Rhone and Po, one of the three Mediterranean rivers with the largest water discharge.
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In Egyptian Arabic, the River Nile is called en-Nil, while in Standard Arabic it is called an-Nil.
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The River Nile basin is complex, and because of this, the discharge at any given point along the main stem depends on many factors including weather, diversions, evaporation and evapotranspiration, and groundwater flow.
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Source of the Blue River Nile is Lake Tana in the Gish Abay region in the Ethiopian Highlands.
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However, the River Nile used to run much more westerly through what is Wadi Hamim and Wadi al Maqar in Libya and flow into the Gulf of Sidra.
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The River Nile was much longer at that time, with its furthest headwaters in northern Zambia.
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The currently existing River Nile first flowed during the former parts of the Wurm glaciation period.
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Egyptian River Nile connected to the Sudanese River Nile, which captures the Ethiopian and Equatorial headwaters during the current stages of tectonic activity in the Eastern, Central and Sudanese Rift systems.
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The River Nile was a convenient and efficient means of transportation for people and goods.
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River Nile was an important part of ancient Egyptian spiritual life.
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The River Nile was considered to be a causeway from life to death and the afterlife.
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Akhet, which means inundation, was the time of the year when the River Nile flooded, leaving several layers of fertile soil behind, aiding in agricultural growth.
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Agatharchides records that in the time of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, a military expedition had penetrated far enough along the course of the Blue River Nile to determine that the summer floods were caused by heavy seasonal rainstorms in the Ethiopian Highlands, but no European of antiquity is known to have reached Lake Tana.
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Paez's account of the source of the River Nile is a long and vivid account of Ethiopia.
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River Nile has long been used to transport goods along its length.
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The expedition began at the White River Nile's beginning at Lake Victoria in Uganda, on 17 January 2004 and arrived at the Mediterranean in Rosetta, four and a half months later.
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Blue River Nile Expedition, led by geologist Pasquale Scaturro and his partner, kayaker and documentary filmmaker Gordon Brown became the first known people to descend the entire Blue River Nile, from Lake Tana in Ethiopia to the beaches of Alexandria on the Mediterranean.
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