Crocodiles Are Just Glad It's There From: The Washington Post | Date: November 26, 1993| Author: Joel Achenbach | Copyright 1993 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Why was the source of the Nile a mystery for so long?

When you make a list of the great rivers on the planet, right at the top, surpassing even the mighty Passaic, is the Nile. It's long, it's historic, and it flows due north, which, as anyone can see from looking at a globe, is directly uphill.

A simpleton might argue that the Amazon somehow is more impressive, because of the vastness of its watershed and the biological diversity therein (simpletons use words like "therein" whe...

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