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What is unusual about the direction in which the nile river flows?
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∙ 14y ago
Because that's the way downhill is in that part of the world. Don't be confused by looking at a map: south may or may not really be "down".
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∙ 12y ago
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Does the Nile flow uphill?
Like any other river, it flows downhill. Upper Egypt (south) has very high elevation and the Nile starts in Ethiopia which also has high elevation. The Nile flows down the river into Lower Egypt (north) and into the Mediterranean Sea. To be precise, the Nile starts in Burundi where its headwaters drains North through Rwanda, the Kagera river on the border of Rwanda-Tanzania and Tanzania Uganda, and into Lake Nyanza (a.k.a Victoria) which drains intop the Nile in Uganda
Was Sparta near the Nile River?
Sparta is in southern Greece on the River Eurotas about 600 miles from the river Nile.
What long river starts with the letter 'N' in africa?
The Nile River is the longest river in the world. It is in Africa.
What body of water in Africa starts with F?
Africa is home to several lakes including Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Malawi. The famed Nile River is also located in northern Africa, primarily in the country of Egypt.
Mouth of a river is called?
The mouth of the River Nile is the Mediterranean Sea.
How is the direction in which the Nile River flows different from the direction in which the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow?
The Nile river flows in the opposite direction of the Euphrates and Tigris river.
What is unusual about the direction in which the nile flows?
It flows from South to North because of the elevation.
What direction does the Nile River flow in?
The Nile River flows from the North
Witch direction does the Nile River flow?
The Nile River flows north.
What is the general direction in which the river nile flows?
north
What is the name of the African River that flows in a northerly direction?
Nile River.
Does the nile river flow in one direction?
no it flows in 2
Which direction Nile River flow?
it flows from south to north
The nile river flows in which direction?
In its delta - the Nile flows across the delta to the sea through two main distributaries, the Damietta to the east and the Rosetta on the western part of the delta. The Nile flows south to north. What is the one direction? you didn't answer that, did ya?
What direction does the Black river flow?
The black river flows north to south. The nile river is the only river in the world that flows south to north.
What river flows into the Nile River?
The Mediterranean Sea flows into the Nile.
What direction does the Blue Nile flow in?
Initially it does as it flows out of Lake Tana, but turns north and flows into Sudan and merges with the White Nile.
