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The accurate location of source of the Nile River is 2°19'35"S and 29°21'30"E. The length of the Nile River is 7,088 km or 4,405 miles from its source in Nyungwe National Park of Rwanda.
SOURCE: S. Liu, P. Lu, D. Liu, P. Jin, W. Wang, Pinpointing the sources and measuring the lengths of the principal rivers of the world, International Journal of Digital Earth, Volume 2, Issue 1 March 2009 , pages 80 - 87,DOI: 10.1080/17538940902746082ce
Annabel Jacobs
Aliza Upton
Primary source - White Nile
Secondary source - Blue Nile
Source confluence at Khartoum, Sudan
To be accurate, the Nile River consists of two river systems (tributaries) namely the Blue Nile and the White Nile. These two rivers obviously have seperate points of origin. The point of origin for a river is marked at the furthest distance along the entire course. The White and Blue Niles converge at Khartoum (confluence) in Northern Sudan before they flow northwards through Egypt as the Nile River.
The White Nile is by far the longer of the two.
Even today there is still debate as to the EXACT source of the White Nile, as there are many smaller tributatires, streams and lakes as you get closer to the source.
Included below are two "accurate" and referenced sources for the river:
- S. Liu, P. Lu, D. Liu, P. Jin, W. Wang, Pinpointing the sources and measuring the lengths of the principal rivers of the world, International Journal of Digital Earth, Volume 2, Issue 1 March 2009 , pages 80 - 87,DOI: 10.1080/1753894090274608
2°19'35"S and 29°21'30"E. The length of the Nile River is 7,088 km from its source in Nyungwe National Park of Rwanda. It is the longest river of the world.
Wikipedia: Nile River Source - See Links below
Recent exploration says that an exploring party went to a place described as the source of the Rukarara tributary, and by hacking a path up steep jungle-choked mountain slopes in the Nyungwe forest found (in the dry season) an appreciable incoming surface flow for many miles upstream, and found a new source, giving the Nile a length of 4199 miles (6758 kilometers)
The Nile ends its journey in northern Egypt where it flows into the Mediterranean Sea.
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The Nile River is longer than the Amazon River in South America (6,575 km or 4,086 miles).
Althea Olson
The geographic source of the Nile River in Nyungwe Forest of Rwanda. From its source to the mouth, the length of the Nile river is 7,088 km or 4,405 miles.
Source: S. Liu, P. Lu, D. Liu, P. Jin, W. Wang, Pinpointing the sources and measuring the lengths of the principal rivers of the world, International Journal of Digital Earth, Volume 2, Issue 1 March 2009 , pages 80 - 87,DOI: 10.1080/1753894090274608
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∙ 11y agoThe geographic source of the Nile River in Nyungwe Forest of Rwanda. From its source to the mouth, the length of the Nile river is 7,088 km or 4,405 miles.
Source: S. Liu, P. Lu, D. Liu, P. Jin, W. Wang, Pinpointing the sources and measuring the lengths of the principal rivers of the world, International Journal of Digital Earth, Volume 2, Issue 1 March 2009 , pages 80 - 87,DOI: 10.1080/1753894090274608
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