6 Information unknown to many about the Nile River
The River Nile is one of the most famous and longest rivers in the world, for a length of more than 6 thousand kilometers, as well as passing through ten countries.
Here are six information that many people are unaware of:
1 - The first to seek to explore the sources of the Nile and talked about by the Arabian traveler al-Idrisi , about 1160 AD, which left a precise map of Lake Victoria.
2. Many believe Lake Victoria . is the source of the Nile, but the first true source of the Nile is in the southern part of Rwanda.
3 - The name "Nile" is attributed to the Greek term Neilos, also called in Greek name Aigyptos, one of the origins of the European terms of the name of Egypt.
4. Lake Victoria is the main source of water in the White Nile, the second largest freshwater lake in the world. The lake is located in a swampy area on the borders of Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya and is crossed by the equator.
5. The total length of the river is 6,650 km and the Nile basin covers an area of 3.4 million square kilometers. It passes through ten African countries called the Nile Basin countries.
6. Nile has several names in the countries in which it passes, the most famous of which are the Nile, Neil Victoria, Neil Albert, the Sea of the Mountain, the White Nile, the Blue Nile, and the Amharic language Abay.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile
The most famous of which are the Nile
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