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You may think that the Nile
River is just the longest river in the world. Well,
your right it is the longest river in the world it's
4,187 miles long! There is a lot more geography to the
Nile then just being the longest river in the world. The
Nile River flows from south to north, it has three major
tributaries: White Nile, Blue Nile, and Atbara. The
White Nile originates from its source in the highlands
in Uganda. The White Nile flows from Lake Victoria to
Lake Albert, then slowly flowing to the southern part of
Sudan before joining the second tributary at located at
the Sudanese capital of Khart oum. The Blue Nile source
is located at in the highlands of Ethiopia near by Lake
Tana. The runoff of spring rain and the melting snow
causes the annual summer flood of the Nile. The
Egyptians depend on the Nile
River for irrigation for their crops and top soil.
North of Khartoum the Blue and White Nile meet at its
final major tributary called Atbara. Atbara's source is
in the Ethiopian Highlands. Then spills out in the
Mediterranean Sea. There are many lakes
that the Nile follows through. Some of the lakes that
the Nile flows to are Lake Victoria, Lake Nana, and Lake
Nasser. Lake Victoria is just one of the sources of the
Nile. The origin of the Nile actually is in the peaks of
the: Mufumbiro and Ruwenzori mountains. The Aswan Dam
keeps the Nile from flooding. The dam was completed in
1971. The dam makes the world's largest artificial lake
called Lake Nasser, which had changed the Nile
dramatically. Irrigation water provided by the dam
allows Egypt to increase their agricultural land by
thirty percent! The hydroelectric power generated by the
dam doubles Egypt's power supply. The dam has caused
some problems for Egypt though. The water table has
risen above the water table in Africa. The dam had
caused to flood the homeland of the Nubian people, so
they were forced to move.
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