The Blue Nile Falls fed by Lake Tana near the city of Bahar Dar, Ethiopia forms the upstream of the Blue Nile.
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Blue Nile Falls
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Eritrea
Ethiopia lost its Red Sea coastline when a civil war resulted in the secession of Eritrea. |
Fashoda Incident
The Fashoda Incident, 1898, was the climax of imperial territorial disputes during the "scramble for Africa." |
Lake Nasser
Map of Egypt showing the location of Lake Nasser and the Toshka Lakes |
Lake Tana
Beginning of the Blue Nile River by its outlet from Lake Tana. Photo by Ondřej Žváček. |
Map of the Blue Nile
The Blue Nile originates in the heart of Ethiopia at Lake Tana. |
Nile River Watershed
A topographic map of the Nile River watershed with political boundaries in red |
The Sudd
The Sudd, a swamp in South Sudan, contributes to the Nile's historic lack of navigability. |
The White Nile Meets the Blue Nile
The confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile is also the location of Khartoum, capital of the Republic of Sudan. |
Toshka Canal Construction
The Toshka Canal, one of the world’s most expensive and ambitious irrigation projects, would take 10% of waters in Lake Nasser to irrigate Egypt’s sandy Western Desert, increasing Egypt’s need for Nile water. |