Nile

[nahyl]

noun

1. a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3,473 miles (5,592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4,000 miles (6,440 km) long.

Nile

/ naɪl /

noun

1. a river in Africa, rising in S central Burundi in its remotest headstream, the Luvironza: flows into Lake Victoria and leaves the lake as the Victoria Nile , flowing to Lake Albert, which is drained by the Albert Nile , becoming the White Nile at Lake No , then flowing through South Sudan; joined by its chief tributary, the Blue Nile (which rises near Lake Tana, Ethiopia) at Khartoum, and flows north to its delta on the Mediterranean; the longest river in the world. Length: (from the source of the Luvironza to the Mediterranean) 6741 km (4187 miles)

Example Sentences

Scientists say the Nile River and Lake Victoria, as well as its migration pattern, separated this giraffe from others.

From BBC

There was no "war" here for the president to end, but there have long been tensions over a dam on the River Nile.

From BBC

The small farming village of Nagrig in the Egyptian Nile Delta is nestled in swathes of green fields, growing jasmine and watermelons.

From BBC

That means they are also imperiling some of the world’s most important food-producing lowlands in the Nile and Mekong deltas and cities from Shanghai to New York.

From Salon

The dam has, however, angered Egypt and Sudan, which lie upstream on the River Nile and fear the dam could lead to less water flowing into their countries.

From BBC