The Nile (, ,
Ancient Egyptian iteru,
Coptic piaro or phiaro) is a major north-flowing
river in
Africa, generally regarded as the
longest river in the
world. The Nile has two major
tributaries, the
White Nile and
Blue Nile, the latter being the source of most of the Nile's water and fertile soil, but the former being the longer of the two. The White Nile rises in the
Great Lakes region of central Africa, with the most distant source in southern
Rwanda , and flows north from there through
Tanzania,
Lake Victoria,
Uganda and southern
Sudan, while the Blue Nile starts at
Lake Tana in
Ethiopia , flowing into Sudan from the southeast. The two rivers meet near the Sudanese capital
Khartoum.
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