Source of Nile

This is the world’s longest river. It spans a mammoth journey of 4,132 miles before the mouth meets the Mediterranean Sea in the form of a vast delta in Egypt. The Nile drains about 10 % of the entire Africa. Nile has only two tributaries; White Nile that originates in Rwanda and Blue Nile from Ethiopia. Both tributaries meet at Sudan. From Sudan, the river flows through Sahara desert and discharges into Mediterranean Sea. This river is the lifeblood of most Egyptians and majority of them live on or near the river. Major settlements on this river include Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, and Khartoum.

The source of the Nile is sometimes considered to be Lake Victoria, but the lake has feeder rivers of considerable size. TheKagera River, which flows into Lake Victoria near the Tanzanian town of Bukoba, is the longest feeder, although sources do not agree on which is the longest tributary of the Kagera and hence the most distant source of the Nile itself. It is either theRuvyironza, which emerges in Bururi Province, Burundi, or theNyabarongo, which flows from Nyungwe Forest in Rwanda. The two feeder rivers meet near Rusumo Falls on the Rwanda-Tanzania border.In 2010, an exploration party went to a place described as the source of the Rukarara tributary,^[19] 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 kilometres upstream, and found a new source, giving the Nile a length of 6,758 km (4,199 mi) Gish Abay is reportedly the place where the "holy water" of the first drops of the Blue Nile develop.

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Gish Abay is a town in west-central Ethiopia. The town is named after the nearby Mount Gish and the Abay River (Blue Nile) whose source is in the foothills of the mountain.Gish Abay is best known as the source of the Abay, or Blue Nile, also known as Felege Ghion in Ge'ez, the liturgical language of Ethiopia. Felege Ghion consists of three small springs found within a diameter of about 20 meters. These waters are believed to have a healing power and considered holy by the Ethiopian Church. The first European recorded as having visited the source of Blue Nile at Gish Abay is Pedro Páez, a Spanish missionary, who arrived at these springs 21 April 1618. In the 18th century, the culture and religion of the local people of Gish Abay was chronicled in detail by the 18th century explorer, James Bruce. The British Consul Robert Cheesman was one of the later discoverers who published a geographical description of the area. A more recent expedition is made by a group of American navigators who navigate the river from its source at Gish to the Mediterranean Sea, led by geologist Pasquale Scaturro, whose adventure was related in the film Mystery of the Nile. Source: Wikipedia

The Blue Nile Falls fed by Lake Tana near the city of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

Murchison Falls in Uganda, between Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga

Evening, Nile River, Uganda

The source of Nile from the underwater spring at the neck of Lake Victoria, Jinja.

Picture Source: Collected from Internet