This article is about one of the two main tributaries of the Nile river. For the state of Sudan, see White Nile, Sudan. For the main river, see Nile. For the Born of Osiris song, see Angel or Alien.
White Nile
Victoria Nile, Albert Nile, Mountain Nile
A steel Bailey bridge spans the White Nile at Juba, South Sudan
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Sudan, South Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Burundi
The White Nile (Arabic: النيل الأبيضan-nīl al-'abyaḍ) is a river in Africa, the minor of the two main tributaries of the Nile, the larger being the Blue Nile.[4] The name "White" comes from the clay sediment carried in the water that changes the water to a pale color.[5]
In the strict meaning, "White Nile" refers to the river formed at Lake No, at the confluence of the Bahr al Jabal and Bahr el Ghazal Rivers. In the wider sense, "White Nile" refers to all the stretches of river draining from Lake Victoria through to the merger with the Blue Nile: the "Victoria Nile" from Lake Victoria via Lake Kyoga to Lake Albert, then the "Albert Nile" to the South Sudan border, and then the "Mountain Nile" or "Bahr-al-Jabal" down to Lake No.[6] "White Nile" may sometimes include the headwaters of Lake Victoria, the most remote of which being 3,700 km (2,300 mi) from the Blue Nile.[3]
The 19th-century search by Europeans for the source of the Nile was mainly focused on the White Nile, which disappeared into the depths of what was then known as "Darkest Africa".
A map showing the White Nile and the Blue Nile in East Africa.
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