Nile

Nile Longest river in the world, flowing c.6700km (4160mi) from the Kagera headstream, e Burundi, to its Mediterranean delta in ne Egypt. The Kagera flows generally n before emptying into Lake Victoria. The Victoria Nile flows from Lake Victoria to Lake Albert in Uganda. From Lake Albert to the Sudanese border, it is called the Albert Nile. It continues to flow n through the s Sudanese swamps as the Bahr el Jebel. From Malakâl to Khartoum the river is called the White Nile. At Khartoum it converges with the Blue Nile. As simply the Nile, the river continues to flow n to the Egyptian border. It then flows into the man-made Lake Nasser, created by the damming of the river at Aswan. From Aswan, the river flows through Luxor to Cairo. n of Cairo is the Nile Delta, Egypt's largest agricultural area. The Nile empties into the Mediterranean at Damietta and Rosetta. As well as supporting the agriculture of Egypt and Sudan, the Nile is used for transport, hydroelectricity, and tourism.