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_: There are almost 200 small and big rivers flowing on the earth in different countries. The directions of flow of all these rivers are from north to south and finally into the seas or oceans.
The peculiarity of the 'River Nile' is that it is the only river on the earth which flows from the South direction to the North direction, and finally it enters into Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria, Egypt.
The River Nile is a major north-flowing river in North Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. The Nile River is actually 6695 kilometers (4184 miles) long.
With such a long length, the Nile River is speculated to be the longest river in the world. The Amazon River runs a very close second, although it has been difficult to determine which is actually longer. River Nile facts state it winds from Uganda to Ethiopia, flowing through total nine countries.
While the Nile River is often associated with Egypt, it actually touches Ethiopia, Zaire, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Sudan as well as Egypt. It is only recently that the first known navigation team successfully followed the river from beginning to its end.
The Nile has two major tributaries, the white Nile and Blue Nile. The latter is the source of most of the water and fertile soil. The former is the longer. The white Nile rises in the Great Lakes region of central Africa, with the most distant source being as-yet undetermined, and located in either Rwanda or Burundi. It flows north through Tanzania, Lake Victoria, Uganda and southern Sudan. The Blue Nile starts at Lake Tana? / 12.03583; 37.26472 and flows into Sudan from the southeast. The two rivers meet near the Sudanese capital of Khartoum.
The northern section of the river flows almost entirely through desert, from Sudan into Egypt, a country whose civilization has...