Nile Basin

Total Drainage Area: 3,254,555 km² (1,256,590 sq miles)

Spans eleven sovereign nations across northeast Africa, connecting equatorial lake systems to the Mediterranean arid zone.

Rivers in this Catchment (1)

🇪🇬 Egypt 6,650 km

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Nile River

Nahr an-Nīl, White Nile, Blue Nile

Historically recognized as the longest river in the world, traversing eleven countries from equatorial Africa to the Mediterranean Sea.

Length

6,650 km

Drainage Basin

Nile Basin

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