The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. Also, the Nile is the primary water source of Egypt and Sudan. The Nile, which is 6,853 km (4,258 miles) long, is an "international" river as its drainage basin covers eleven countries. For example, Uganda, Egypt, and Sudan. The Nile has two major tributaries, the White Nile and Blue Nile. The White Nile is considered to be the headwaters and primary stream of the Nile itself. The Blue Nile, however, is the source of most of the water and silt.
The Nile is generally regarded as the longest river in the world. But recently a new origin of the Amazon River was found so that the Amazon River might be longer than the Nile. Which river do you think is longer?
You know, I read in our social studies textbook that the Nile river had to have a dam built in order to keep it from overflowing. When they built the dam they actually had another river form due to the backed up water from the Nile dam. Which I think is funny because they had to build the dam because the Nile overflowed but it kept the soil moist for the farmers. Kind of cool that the Nile formed another river huh?
ReplyDeleteI think the Amazon is bigger. I like the Amazon a lot more too. It's a really cool and beautiful place to go. It is pretty dangerous though. But I think the Amazon is bigger!
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