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Wikipedia: The Nile (Arabic: النيل, an-nīl, Ancient Egyptian iteru or Ḥ'pī, Coptic piaro or phiaro) is a major north-flowing river in North Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. It is 6,650 km (4,130 miles) long. The Nile has two major tributaries, the White Nile and Blue Nile.
![[Dhows on the Nile]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Nile03_28js_29_s.jpg "Dhows on the Nile")
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![[The Blue Nile Falls fed by Lake Tana near the city of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Blue_Nile_Falls_Ethiopia_s.jpg "The Blue Nile Falls fed by Lake Tana near the city of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.")
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![[The Nile makes its way through the Sahara]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Nile2_s.jpg "The Nile makes its way through the Sahara")
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![[Richard Francis Burton, Victorian explorer]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ST_Burton_1_s.jpg "Richard Francis Burton, Victorian explorer")
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![[Henry Morton Stanley confirmed the source of the Nile in 1872]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Henry_Morton_Stanley_1_s.jpg "Henry Morton Stanley confirmed the source of the Nile in 1872")
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![[Pliny the Elder speculated on the source of the Nile]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Plinyelder.jpg "Pliny the Elder speculated on the source of the Nile")
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![[Historic map of the River Nile by Piri Reis]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/River_Nile_and_Bulaq_by_Piri_Reis_s.jpg "Historic map of the River Nile by Piri Reis")
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![[Composite satellite image of the White Nile.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Nile_composite_NASA_s.jpg "Composite satellite image of the White Nile."){kind=small}
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![[Nile seen from Spot Satellite]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Nile_SPOT_1173_s.jpg "Nile seen from Spot Satellite")
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