Nile River
The Nile, with a total length of 6,650 kilometers, is the longest river in Africa and the longest in the world. It is also known as the Father of the African Rivers. The White Nile and the Blue Nile are the two major rivers that flow into the Nile. Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, is located at the confluence of the Niles two major tributaries. The first segment of the Nile River travels roughly 1,380 kilometers from Khartoum to Lake Nasser. The second portion of the Nile River flows around 80 kilometers through a series of five falls before reaching the final cataract. To get to the Mediterranean Sea, the Nile must first flow through a delta area in North Cairo, where it then separates into two separate distributaries. About 3,349,000 square kilometers of land are devoted to the Niles drainage basin. Covers almost a thousand kilometers and spans parts of eleven African countries.
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