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White Nile River Physical map of the Nile River showing its full course from its sources in East Africa through Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. The map highlights major tributaries, lakes, dams, cataracts, canals, and areas of irrigation and flooding, as well as elevation changes and surrounding deserts and highlands. Map of Africa highlighting the course of the White Nile River, which flows northward through countries including Uganda, South Sudan, and Sudan. The river is marked in blue, and the label White Nile River appears in orange text near its path. Surrounding countries and major bodies of water are also labeled for geographic context. Map showing the routes of major nineteenth-century European expeditions exploring the Nile River, with color-coded lines tracing the journeys of Bruce, Burton and Speke, Speke, Speke and Grant, and the Bakers through Egypt, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and surrounding regions. Key locations such as Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake Tana, and major cities like Cairo, Khartoum, and Kampala are labeled. Map of the Nile River basin showing the river's full course from its sources in East Africa through Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. The map highlights physical features including elevation, irrigated areas, swamps, sand areas, intermittent streams, dams, waterfalls, rapids, and canals, as well as major lakes and cities along the drainage network.
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Tower Bridge over the Thames River in London, England. Opened in 1894. Remains an Important Traffic Route with 40,000 Crossings Every Day.
Guess the City by Its River Quiz
water glass on white background. (drink; clear; clean water; liquid)
Water and its Varying Forms
Mount Kenya in Mount Kenya National Park is the highest mountain in Africa. UNESCO World Heritage Site. Giant Lobelia in foreground. (Mt. Kenya; Mt. Kenya National Park; mountains; rugged mountain; African geography, African landscape, stratovolcano)
Africa’s Physical Features
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White Nile River Village along the White Nile River in Al-Sudd region, South Sudan.

White Nile River

river, Africa
Also known as: Al-Baḥr Al-Abyaḍ
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White Nile River, section of the Nile between Malakal, South Sudan, and Khartoum, Sudan. It is formed by the confluence of the Mountain Nile (Baḥr al-Jabal) and the Sobat River above Malakal, and it flows for about 500 miles (800 km) northeast and north past Al-Rank, Kūstī (railway bridge), Al-Duwaym, and Jabal al-Awliyāʾ (irrigation dam) to join the Blue Nile at Khartoum and form the Nile proper. This wide and shallow section of the river...

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