9 Facts About White Nile

1. The White Nile supports much of the population living along its banks, enabling Egyptians to live in otherwise inhospitable regions of the Sahara.

2. The White Nile was an important part of ancient Egyptian spiritual life.

3. The White Nile was a convenient and efficient means of transportation for people and goods.

4. The White Nile was much longer at that time, with its furthest headwaters in northern Zambia.

5. The Blue White Nile flows about 1,400 kilometres to Khartoum, where the Blue Nile and White Nile join to form the Nile.

6. The White Nile starts in equatorial East Africa, and the Blue Nile begins in Ethiopia.

7. The White Nile is longer and rises in the Great Lakes region of central Africa, with the most distant source still undetermined but located in either Rwanda or Burundi.

8. The River White Nile is formed from two major tributaries, the White Nile and the Blue Nile, which meet in Sudan, near the capital of Khartoum, before continuing northwards to the Mediterranean Sea.

9. The White Nile is traditionally considered to be the longest river in the world, measuring 4132 miles in total, although some people now consider the Amazon to be the longest.