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What causes the Nile to flow northward?

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As with all rivers - Gravity.

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What landforms does the Nile River flow through?

The White Nile begins in rainforests at the edge of the savannah and goes northward through sahel and desert to meet with the Blue Nile. The Blue Nile starts in the Ethiopian Hill-Country before going northwest into desert where it meets with the Blue Nile. The two rivers join to create the Nile River, which continues uninterruptedly northward through desert.


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Is the Nile river the only river that flows northwards?

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Apart from fish and amphibians, sediment.


What ocean does the river Nile flow into?

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Is the Nile River just like all rivers in the world in that it flows southward through Africa?

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