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The Nile is a major north-flowing river in
northeastern Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in
the world. It is 6,650 km long. It runs through the ten countries
of Sudan, South Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of
the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Egypt. The Nile
has two major tributaries, the White Nile and Blue Nile. The
White Nile is longer and rises in the Great Lakes region of
central Africa, with the most distant source still undetermined
but located in either Rwanda or Burundi. It flows north through
Tanzania, Lake Victoria, Uganda and South Sudan.
The northern section of the river flows almost
entirely through desert, from Sudan into Egypt, a country whose
civilization has depended on the river since ancient times. Most
of the population and cities of Egypt lie along those parts of
the Nile valley north of Aswan, and nearly all the cultural and
historical sites of Ancient Egypt are found along riverbanks. The
Nile ends in a large delta that empties into the Mediterranean
Sea.
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