White Nile

Proper noun

Meaning

(geography) One of the two main tributaries of the River Nile, which starts in Lake No and flows into the Nile at Khartoum.

A state of Sudan.

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Although Egypt's administrative control of Kush extended only down to the Fourth Cataract, Egyptian sources list tributary districts reaching to the Red Sea and upstream to the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile rivers. Source: Internet

Among them are the Sennar and Roseires Dams on the Blue Nile, and the Jebel Aulia Dam on the White Nile. Source: Internet

In contrast, the White Nile provides only 10% of the Nile's waters during the high-water season but contributes more than 80% during the low-water period. Source: Internet

Man-made features have also introduced restrictions, the most important of which was a dam constructed in the 1930s on the White Nile about forty kilometers upriver from Khartoum. Source: Internet

Other important road-paving projects of the early 1980s included a road from Wad Madani to Sannar and an extension from Sannar to Kusti on the White Nile completed in 1984. Source: Internet

The average flow rate of the White Nile at the tails of the swamps is about convert. Source: Internet

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