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	Nile - MSN Encarta
		The landscape along the river varies from rain forests and mountains in the south to savannas and swamps in southern Sudan to barren deserts in the north.
		Principal river ports are Luxor and Aswān in Egypt and WādīḨalfā’, Dunqulah, Kuraymah, Kūstī, Malakāl and Juba in Sudan.
		The 1959 Nile Waters Agreement resolved an international dispute concerning the equitable division of the river’s water among the countries of the region.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761558310/Nile.html (1024 words)

	The Nile
		The Nile, as defined starting with the Kyaka river in Burundi, is 6,671 km long, and has a surface area of a total of 3,350,000 km² (5 times the area of France).
		The Nile can be divided into three zones, starting in the south: The first consists of tributaries to the two streams of the White Nile and the Blue Nile which join near Khartoum in Sudan.
		The width of the Nile north from Aswan in Egypt — it's most important stretch in terms of inhabitants and economy — is 2.8 km in average.
	i-cias.com /e.o/nile.htm (993 words)

	Case Study
		The Nile is formed by three tributaries, the Blue Nile, the White Nile, and the Atbara.
		Soon after Sudan was reconquered in 1898, the English began to free the Nile of the vegetation which was obstructing the passage of ships.
		In the 1970's Sudan and Egypt began the joint construction of the Jonglei Canal, which would have increased the flow of the Nile waters by diverting the Nile away from an area where a great deal of water is lost to evaporation.
	www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/ice/NILE.HTM (3192 words)

	River Nile Facts
		One of the most well known river Nile facts is the river's ability to produce extremely fertile soil, which made it easy for cities and civilizations to spring up alongside the banks of the Nile.
		The animals make their nests along the banks of the Nile River, where the female may lay up to 60 eggs at one time.
		Not only is the Nile River one of the main rivers of Egypt, but many would in fact; say it is the primary river of Egypt.
	www.ancient-egypt-online.com /river-nile-facts.html (505 words)

	Nekhebet.com - The Nile River
		The Nile River is a wonder in its own right, being the wellspring for civilization in ancient Egypt and Northern Africa for the last 10,000 years.
		The Blue Nile is home to some of the greatest mysteries of Africa, such as the Ark of the Covenant, the religious artifact rumored to be found somewhere near Lake Tana, and made famous by the Indiana Jones movie.
		In the past, the volume of the Nile was highly unstable, providing little water during the early months of the year, and flooding the countryside in August and September.
	www.nekhebet.com /w_nile.html (685 words)

	The Potential of the Nile River Basin and the Economic Development of Sudan
		Sudan is strategically located as a cultural bridge between the Arab Middle East and the African continent, and a geographical bridge between the Mediterranean and central Africa, stretching along the Nile River system, and bordering on the Red Sea (see Figure 1).
		In Sudan's water throughput, there are an average of 130 cubic kilometers a year of what hydrologists call ``renewable water resources'' (from precipitation, run-off from Nile system waters outside the national borders, etc.) available to the country.
		Sudan is Africa's largest producer of sesame, and the world's largest producer of gum arabic--supplying 80% of the world's use of the product, which is derived from the acacia tree.
	members.tripod.com /~american_almanac/sudan.htm (3549 words)

	The Nile River
		It is from the River Nile that Egyptians draw their friendly character.
		The latter joins the River Nile and the Red Sea, and was later rebuilt by Amr Ibn El-As.
		It protected them against the annual River Nile inundation, saved the excess water to be used later at different times, and thereby spared them the sufferings of drought.
	www.nileriver.com /nile/nileinfo/nileinfo.htm (629 words)

	The Nile: water conflicts
		The process was officially named the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) later in the same year, and in November 2002 a secretariat was established in Entebbe, Uganda, with funding from the World Bank.
		Burundi, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda are all involved in the NBI, with Eritrea participating as an observer.
		Howard told IRIN the formation of the Nile International Discourse Desk [http://www.nilediscourse.org], as the initiative is known, did not come easy because governments were initially cautious over the inclusion of civil society groups in the process.
	www.scienceinafrica.co.za /2003/may/nile.htm (1516 words)

	Sudan
		The maritime influence of the Mediterranean Sea is sometimes felt in the northern Sudan but that of the Red Sea, though of considerable local importance near the coast, is negligible in land.
		Sudan is a country of nearly 2,500,000 km2 and is extended between latitude 3°53' N and 21°55' N and longitude 21°54' E and 38° 30' E. Sudan is essentially a vast plain interrupted by few hills or mountains and divided from south to north by the River Nile and its tributaries.
		Fruit trees cultivation is mainly concentrated in the northern part of the country along the river Nile, the south eastern part of the country along the river Blue Nile, Jebel Marra in the West, Southern Kordufan, and the equatorial states in the south.
	www.hridir.org /countries/sudan/index.htm (598 words)

	Winne.com - Report on Sudan, Beyond Common Perceptions
		In the Sudan the river plays an essential role in every day life, but it also has symbolic meaning, as the locals say that whoever drinks from the Nile will for sure return to the Sudan.
		The Ruvyironza, regarded as the ultimate source of the Nile, is one of the upper branches of the Kagera River in Tanzania.
		For thousands of years, the Nile's yearly flood, the result of August rains in the Ethiopian highlands and the runoff from snowmelt in the Mountains of the Moon, flooded the Nile delta in Egypt.
	www.winne.com /sudan/bf03.html (908 words)

	A Fact File About The Nile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cities: The major cities that are located on the edge of the Nile and White Nile are: Cairo, Gondokoro, Khartoum, Aswan, Thebes/Luxor, Karnak, and the town of Alexandria lies near the Rozeta branch.
		I have recieved many emails about why does the nile river flow south to north, the answer is very simple.
		The river just flows down hill, from the high mountains in the middle of africa to the Nile delta (point where Nile enters the Mediterranean Sea).
	www.mbarron.net /Nile/fctfl_nf.html (300 words)

	The Nile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Nile flows from south to north and is formed by three major tributaries: the White Nile, the Blue Nile and the Atbara.
		The dam was built to regulate the flow of the Nile River, and thus benefit the region's inhabitants.
		The salt water disrupts the animal habitat and sterilizes the soil in the northern delta region where the banks of the Nile are becoming badly eroded.
	www.website1.com /odyssey/week1/nile.html (454 words)

	The River Nile for Kids Homework
		The River Nile is formed from the Blue Nile, which originates at Lake Tana in Ethiopia, and the White Nile, which originates at Lake Victoria.
		Melting snow and heavy summer rain in the Ethiopian Mountains sent a torrent of water causing the banks of the River Nile in Egypt to overflow on the flat dessert land.
		The River Nile There is no better way to trace the course of Egyptian history than to follow the course of the Nile.
	www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk /Homework/egypt/nile.htm (653 words)

	Nile river cruise: SS Sudan
		The nile river cruise onboard the SS Sudan with it's 19 suites, 4 presidential suites, tastefully and comfortably furnished, with small balcony, bath and private toilet, air-conditioning, interphone, minibar, TV/Video and on-board- radio.
		Agatha Christie's turn of the century classic "Death on the Nile" was shot aboard this regal ship once owned by King Fouad's court.
		Cruising along the Nile on board of the S/S Sudan on this nile river cruise is relaxing and nostalgic way of discovering the historic river banks of the Nile.
	www.sailandsun.com /sssudan.htm (148 words)

	Nile River Valley (BiblePlaces.com)
		Where the Nile overflows its banks, the land is green, and where the water’s influence stops, the desert begins.
		The height to which the river would rise was important for agriculture, and Nilometers were built in the earliest times to measure the level of the river during the height of the inundation.
		The Nile River (Think Quest) Excellent resource providing information on a variety of topics related to the Nile, including its climate, flooding, irrigation, dams, and navigation.
	www.bibleplaces.com /nileriver.htm (651 words)

	The Sudan - An Introduction
		Situated in northeast Africa, the Sudan is the largest country on the continent.
		The greatest part of Sudan is vast plain traversed by the northward flowing Nile River and its tributaries.
		The dominating geographical feature of Sudan is the Nile River, formed near Khartoum by the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile Rivers.
	www.africaguide.com /country/sudan (163 words)

	sudan
		Sudan is the largest country in Africa, with an area of 2.44 million square kilometres, extending from 4°N to 22°N. It has a population of 25 million, mostly living in rural areas.
		In western Sudan, households migrate north during the rainy season and return to the savannah during the dry season.
		Harrison M.N. and Jackson J.K. Ecological classification of the vegetation of the Sudan.
	www.ilri.cgiar.org /InfoServ/Webpub/Fulldocs/Wana/sudan.htm (2317 words)

	Nile Basin Initiative: Overview
		As the world's longest river, the Nile traverses almost 6,700 kilometers from its farthest sources at the headwaters of the Kagera River in Burundi and Rwanda to its delta in Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea.
		The Nile River Basin serves as home to an estimated 160 million people within the boundaries of the Basin, while almost twice that number, roughly 300 million live within the ten countries that share the Nile waters.
		Aware that sustained Nile cooperation requires a development focus, a permanent institution, and agreement on core legal principles, the Nile riparians established a forum for a process of legal and institutional dialogue in 1997, with UNDP support.
	www.worldbank.org /afr/nilebasin/overview.htm (907 words)

	Sudan: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		Sudan, in northeast Africa, is the largest country on the continent, measuring about one-fourth the size of the United States.
		It was known as the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan between 1898 and 1955.
		Sudan and Egypt: the swing of the pendulum (1989-2001).
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107996.html (1232 words)

	HISTORY
		Like a giant lifeline in the midst of desperation, the Nile River, longest river in the world, cuts a swath of green and life through the barrenness of the giant Sahara desert in North Africa.
		Fed by three major sources—the White Nile which begins at Lake Victoria, the Atbara, and the Blue Nile, which joins the Nile near Khartoum in the Sudan—the river rushes down into the Nile Valley and beyond that into the rich alluvial plain of the Nile delta.
		In an area without any rainfall, the Nile brings water and life, and in its periodic flooding, it also brings nutrient-rich silt which it deposits on the agricultural land in the Nile Valley.
	www.nileriver.com /nile/history.htm (481 words)

	SudanTribune article : East African states negotiate with Sudan, Egypt on River Nile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He said the agreements provided that any developments in the countries related to the Nile had to be carried out with the consent of Egypt.
		The Nile riparian countries are Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda
		Nile floods raise spectre of disease in Sudan
	www.sudantribune.com /article.php3?id_article=8972 (324 words)

	MISR Image: Nile River
		Heavy rains in the Blue Nile catchment area of the Ethiopian highlands led to a rapid overflow of the river's floodwaters into the main stream of the Great Nile, leading to extensive flooding, the worst effects of which occurred north of Khartoum.
		South of the confluence of the White Nile and the Blue Nile, the area of a cross-hatched appearance is the irrigated plain of El Gezira.
		Overall prospects for Sudan's 2001 grain crop were already poor prior to the flooding due to a late start of the rainy season in parts of the country.
	eosweb.larc.nasa.gov /HPDOCS/misr/misr_html/nile_river.html (525 words)

	Reuters AlertNet - CRISIS PROFILE-What's going on in Sudan's Darfur?
		The ICG says the removal of so many people from their homes in Darfur appears to be part of a government policy of ethnic cleansing in order to cripple any support for the rebel movements, who are hostile to Khartoum.
		Analysts say that when marginalised regions of Sudan see that the south appears to be have gained its autonomy through battle, they will try the same route, especially if they're left out of peace talks.
		Sudan boy plays with cow in his father farm near river Nile in Sudan
	www.alertnet.org /thefacts/reliefresources/11198858462.htm (1357 words)

	Vast Resources Exist for Economic Development in Sudan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The administrative center and manufacturing and repair shops of the Sudan Railways Corp. are in Atbara, north of Khartoum on the Nile River.
		In 1980, a major road between Port Sudan and Khartoum was completed (1,197 km, or 744 miles).
		River transport between Kosti and Juba (1,436 km, or 892 miles) had no overland alternative as of the mid-1980s.
	www.aboutsudan.com /action/great_projects/vast_resources.htm (2565 words)

	SIR-C/X-SAR Image Nile River, Sudan
		These are two views of part of the Nile River, near the Fourth Cataract in Sudan.
		The area to the left in both images shows how the Nile is forced to flow through a chaotic set of fractures that causes the river to break up into smaller channels, suggesting that the Nile has only recently established this course.
		The radar images have allowed scientists to develop new theories to explain the origin of the "Great Bend" of Nile in Sudan, where the river takes a broad turn to the southwest before resuming its northward course to the Mediterranean Sea.
	www.op.dlr.de /ne-hf/SRL-2/p47921_nile2.html (488 words)

	Nile
		There is no better way to trace the course of Egyptian history than to follow the course of the Nile.
		From its remotest headstream, the Ruvyironza River in Burundi, the river is 6671 km (4145 mi) long.
		At Khartoum the White Nile is joined by the Blue Nile, or Bahr al Azraq, so named because of the color of the water.
	www.egyptlovers.8m.net /nileriver.htm (1005 words)

	The River Nile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Nile is the longest river in the world.
		The Nile is made up of two shorter rivers, the White Nile and the Blue Nile, which join at Khartoum in Sudan.
		The Blue Nile, originating in Ethiopia, joins the White Nile at Khartoum, Sudan; from this point the Nile runs northwards through Sudan and Egypt and empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
	www.ict.mic.ul.ie /websites/work/annmarie_doyle/Africa/page7.html (123 words)

	Welcome to Blue Nile River -- The Major Source of the Lngest River System in the World
		Flowing south to north for about 6,700 kilometers and draining almost one-tenth of the African continent, the Nile River is the longest river system in the world.
		The Nile River Basin, covering a surface area of about 3 million square kilometers, is home to over 150 million people in 10 African countries.
		From the disputed 1929 Nile Waters Agreement to the most contentious 1959 bilateral agreement between Egypt and the Sudan -- Agreement for the Full Utilization of the Nile Waters.
	www.bluenileriver.org (334 words)

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