LC control no. | sh 85091951 |
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Geographic heading | Nile River |
Geographic subdivision usage | Nile River |
Variant(s) | Baḥr al A'ẓam Baḥr al-Nīl Baḥr an Nīl Bahr en Nīl Baḥr River Fayḍ Miṣr Nahr al-Nīl Nahr an Nīl Nahr el-Nīl Neilos River Nīl River Nilo River Nilus River |
See also | Rivers--Africa, East Rivers--Africa, Northeast |
Found in | Tvedt, Terje. The River Nile and its economic, political, social and cultural role, 2000. Bowden, Rob. Settlements of the River Nile, 2005. Britannica online, Apr. 24, 2024 (Nile River; also known as: Baḥr Al-Nīl, Naḥr an-Nīl; longest river in the world, called the father of African rivers. It rises south of the Equator and flows northward through northeastern Africa to drain into the Mediterranean Sea; The Nile is formed by three principal streams: the Blue Nile (Arabic: Al-Baḥr Al-Azraq; Amharic: Abay) and the Atbara (Arabic: Nahr ʿAṭbarah), which flow from the highlands of Ethiopia, and the White Nile (Arabic: Al-Baḥr Al-Abyad), the headstreams of which flow into Lakes Victoria and Albert; The Nile in Egypt and Sudan is now called Al-Nīl, Al-Baḥr, and Baḥr Al-Nīl or Nahr Al-Nīl) Geographic names server, Apr. 24, 2024 (Nile (conventional); Nile River (conventional); An Nīl (approved); Nahr an Nīl (approved); Nile River (approved); variants: Al Baḩr al A'z̧am; Baḩr an Nīl; Bahr en Nīl; El Bahr; Fayḑ Mişr; Nahr an Nil; Nahr el-Nîl; Neilos; Nil; Nilo; Nilus; non-roman script: النيل = al-Nīl; نهر النيل = Nahr al-Nīl; stream, Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda; latitude 30:10:00, longitude 31:06:00; latitude (DD) 30.166667, longitude (DD) 31.1) Wikipedia, Apr. 24, 2024: Nile (The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa; drainage basin covers eleven countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt) The Columbia gazetteer of the world, 1998 (Nile, longest river in the world, c. 4,160 mi/6,695 km long from its remotest headstream, the Luvironza River in Burundi, central Africa, to its delta on the Mediterranean Sea, NE Egypt; drains parts of Egypt, Suday, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Congo) Merriam-Webster's geographical dictionary, 1997 (under Nile: Nile or Latin Nilus; Arabic Al-Bahr, also Bahr en Nīl; river in E and NE Africa; flows generally N from E Africa through Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt; under Africa: Rivers: Nile in NE) |