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The beating heart of Africa Burundi  Long Read - TRVL  Burundi and its northern neighbor Rwanda are both roughly the size of Belgium, ... open up their wooden stalls each morning before throngs of shoppers flow in. .... that the point where Lake Victoria flows into the Nile is the source but, in Burundi, ... the highlights in the southern part of the country within a day, I make my way...
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NILE Case Study  As more of the nations in the Nile valley develop their economies, the need for ... rises from its source in Burundi, passes through Lake Victoria, and flows into southern Sudan. ... The river then flows north through Lake Nasser, the second largest .... Behind it, the waters have formed Lake Nasser, which is 600 kilometers long...
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Nile - Wikipedia  The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world but in 2007 this title was given to the Amazon river. It is 6,853 km (4,258 miles) long. The Nile is an "international" river as its water resources are shared by ... In particular, the Nile is the primary water source of Egypt and Sudan.
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Lake Tanganyika - Wikipedia  Bujumbura, Burundi. References. 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake. It is estimated to be the second largest freshwater ... It extends for 676 km (420 mi) in a general north-south direction and ... The lake has a complex history of changing flow patterns, due to its high...
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Future Demands on Nile River Water and Egyptian National Security  May 1, 2007 ... The Nile river runs South to North in the North-Eastern half of Africa. ... in Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania flow into the lake. ... As water from the Blue Nile and River Atbara are at their strongest in .... until a sustainable long-term multi-lateral environment management regime is established.
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J! Archive - Show #1480, aired 1991-01-25  Lake Tear of the Clouds is the source of this river, the longest in New York State ... Johnny told this river, "I'm crossing you in style someday"...
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Geography Unit: 9 Flashcards | Quizlet  At 4,000 miles (6,400 km) in length, it is twice as long as the Mississippi. .... Its source is in Burundi, and then it flows through Sudan, Ethiopia, and Egypt on its route to the ... It flows through Mozambique before draining into the Indian Ocean. ... The fourth-longest river in Sub-Saharan Africa, is 2,200 miles (3,450 km) long. Its...
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Nile River - Wikipedia  The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It is generally regarded as the .... The river flows into South Sudan just south of Nimule, where it is known as the ... Nile the only major tributary is the Atbara River, roughly halfway to the sea, ... when the Mediterranean Sea was a closed basin and evaporated to the...
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Lake Tanganyika | lake, Africa | Britannica.com  Apr 14, 2016 ... It is the longest freshwater lake in the world (410 miles [660 km]) ... of rivers, the lake is not the centre of an extensive drainage area. The largest rivers discharging into the lake are the Malagarasi, the Ruzizi, and the Kalambo, which has one of the highest waterfalls in the world (704 feet [215 metres]; see...
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Nile - Wikipedia  The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world but in 2007 this title was given to the Amazon river. It is 6,853 km (4,258 miles) long. The Nile is an "international" river as its water resources are shared by eleven countries, ... In particular, the Nile is the primary water source of Egypt and Sudan.
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Nile River - Physiography | river, Africa | Britannica.com  Oct 5, 2016 ... Nile River, the father of African rivers and the longest river in the world. ... The furthest headstream may be regarded as the Kagera River, which rises in the highlands of ... It begins at Malakal and joins the Blue Nile at Khartoum, receiving .... distributaries, the Rosetta and the Damietta (Dumy) branches.
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Nile River - Wikipedia  The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world but in 2007 this title was given to the Amazon river. It is 6,853 km (4,258 miles) long. The Nile is an "international" river as its water resources are shared by ... Egyptian civilization and Sudanese kingdoms have depended on the river...
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Kagera River - Wikipedia  The Kagera River, also Akagera River, or Alexandra Nile, is an East African river, forming part of the upper headwaters of the Nile and carrying water from its most distant source. :167. The section of river named Kagera begins in Burundi, flowing out from Lake ... The waters of the Kagera are thus provided by two major tributaries, the...
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Rivers - Institute Water for Africa  Examples are the Nile, which flows into the Mediterranean Sea, Niger River, ... into the (South-) Atlantic Ocean, or Zambezi River which flows into the Indian Ocean. ... longest river in Africa and the most abounding in water is the Congo River.
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Nile River | river, Africa | Britannica.com  Oct 5, 2016 ... Nile River, the father of African rivers and the longest river in the world. ... through northeastern Africa to drain into the Mediterranean Sea. ... Its basin includes parts of Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, the .... Known in Arabic as Al-Bahr or Bahr al-Nil, it rises just south of the Equator in eastern Africa and flows in...
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Rivers and Lakes - Land and Resources - Democratic Republic of ...  At 4,374 km (2,718 mi), the Congo is the second longest river in Africa and the ... The Ubangi River is the Congo's chief northern tributary, while the Kasai is its...
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J! Archive - Show #3195, aired 1998-06-19  Its over 4,000-mile route starts from tributaries of Lake Victoria ... At the end of its almost 4,000 mile run, it's hard to tell it began in glacier fed lakes in Peru...
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Burundi - Wikipedia  Location of Burundi (dark blue).  in Africa  in the African Union (light blue). Capital ... The southwestern border is adjacent to Lake Tanganyika. The Twa, Hutu and Tutsi peoples have lived in Burundi for at least 500 years. .... King Mwambutsa, who had fled the country during the October coup of 1965, was deposed by a...
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Nile River - Wikipedia  The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, generally regarded as the longest ... The source of the Nile is sometimes considered to be Lake Victoria, but the lake has .... The flow of the Blue Nile varies considerably over its yearly cycle and is the main contribution to the large natural variation of the Nile flow.
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Congo River - Wikipedia  The Congo River is a river in Africa. It is the second largest river in the world by discharge (after ... Because its drainage basin includes areas both north and south of the ... The Congo River Basin is one of the distinct physiographic sections of the ... metres (1,800,000 cu ft) of water per second flow into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Niagara River - Wikipedia  The Niagara River is a river that flows north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. It forms part of the ... Flowing from Lake Erie in the south (bottom of image) to Lake Ontario in the north, the river ... Goat Island and the tiny Luna Island split Niagara Falls into its three sections, the ..... lakes. Erie  Huron  Michigan  Ontario  Superior.